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Olympic tragedy

JerseyJersey Posts: 542
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Just terrible.
Wise men learn more from fools than fools learn from the wise.

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  • DeutscherGeistDeutscherGeist Posts: 2,990 ✭✭✭✭
    Nobody expected this on such an event. They should investigate carefully and make sure the track is indeed safe. What I keep hearing is that this track is the fastest in the world. It could be some athletes were not prepared for this kind of track.
    "So many of our DREAMS at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we SUMMON THE WILL they soon become INEVITABLE "- Christopher Reeve

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  • VintageCardLoverVintageCardLover Posts: 584 ✭
    the setup of the track is ridiculous.
    Those posts,poles are not padded, there is no netting (for the TV cameras)

    Safety was sacraficed for tv ratings.

    I smell big cash settlement.
  • DeutscherGeistDeutscherGeist Posts: 2,990 ✭✭✭✭
    I think you have a point VCL, but only an engineer can truely attest to that. I doubt we will hear the real truth because there is a liability issue.
    Nothing will replace the young man from Georgia, but I am sure a cash settlement with the family will occur. Track officials are already arguing that it was not a track error but an athlete error. No matter, because there is public sympathy, the accident was televised, it happened during the Olympics, therefore, I am sure compensation will be given to the family. It would simply reflect poorly on Canada and the Olympics if that did not happen--legal issues aside.
    "So many of our DREAMS at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we SUMMON THE WILL they soon become INEVITABLE "- Christopher Reeve

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  • VintageCardLoverVintageCardLover Posts: 584 ✭
    they showed on the news tonight putting up barriers and padding the posts, oops.
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