Some of it has to do with the sport only receiving coverage once every four years.

I know they're not overly similar, but look at the safety measures auto racing has done to try to limit injuries. If these sports received the same audience, I'm sure the track would look quite different. Whether that would have saved his life, who knows.

They just did.

This is the pinnacle of the sport. The track should be the most difficult on earth. Luge is dangerous - that's kind of in the contract.

They replayed the crash several times on NBC shortly after coverage began and even showed close-ups of medical folks performing CPR on a bloody face.
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Huffpo has a picture of him being tended to and his eyes are open. He looks dead but I read he died later at the hospital. The picture is unnecessary and not very respectful, IMO.

NBC has showed the video a few times now. Im actually surprised they did.

I wonder if they knew right away the extent of his injuries when they were playing it. I saw the story break on MSNBC and they said he had gravely critical injuries or something to that effect.

Sorry, I meant the 6:30 PM coverage - long after the Georgian passed away.
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Wow. So it's now part of the show? Sad.

They've been showing his death video on all the major news networks. It's a bit surprising to me.

Well, NBC had to address it, but they may have gone overboard.
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Lindsey Vonn is HOOOOOOOTT!!

I am amazed he survived long enough to make it to the hospital. Crazy...

I cant believe that the Georgian luger's moment of death is splashed all over the net, watched it at work :shake:.

Why, knowing that these guys sometimes come off the track, would you have big concrete pillars around the course? He was a victim of terrible design IMO.

You could just tell the way he hit that pillar... man, nothing but rag doll, almost didnt look real.

Craziest race Ohno has ever been in:
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Go to Sports Illustrated online. She was in the swimsuit issue and, online, there are around 45 pics of her. Tasty.