[dfwgator]

Officials said Nodar Kumaritashvili lost control of his sled, went over the wall of the track and appeared to hit a steel pole near the finish line at the Whistler Sliding Center.

From the sound of it, he was killed instantly. Damn shame.

[Rebelbase]

I just watched the video on Live Leak. I can’t conceive of a world class luge track built with concrete columns lining it 3 feet away from the track.