[Hoffer Rand]

The story said he wasn’t the first one to crash on that track. Sounds like there might be a design flaw.

[lainie]

I read that there have been a dozen crashes in training. The track is super-super fast.. guys are managing 90+ mph.

Here’s an article talking about it, dated January 2009:

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Whistler%27s+bobsled%2Fluge+course+is+fast+—+and+scary-a0193431712

Whistler Slider Centre

Track facts

Length (bobsled start): 4,757 feet

Length (skeleton start): 4,576 feet

Length (men’s luge start): 4,507 feet

Length (doubles and women’s luge start): 3,930 feet

Top elevation: 3,077 feet

Low elevation: 2,578 feet

Vertical drop: 499 feet

Maximum track slope: 20 percent (Curve 2)

Curves: 16