The young man supposedly had at least six trial runs down that same track immediately preceding the practice run.
He had slid down that track about twenty times in all.
It’s no crime to withdraw and he should have done so rather than whine to his father who was thousands of miles away and unable to make a judgement on his behalf.
The father was a luger for the Soviets, long time ago.
I don't think he was alone in his fear about the track.
Instead of saying nothing, all of the lugers should have got together and said “We're not going down that track until some changes are made”.
Whine? He expressed his concerns to his dad and died.
I don’t consider expressing valid concerns to be whining, and the outcome speaks for itself.