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Did I mention that things sucked for Lindsey Vonn? She got off easy.

She doesn't luge.

The Vancouver Olympics are quickly being known as a luger's nightmare. The track features the world's longest luge drop and it's causing havoc among the Olympians.

The luge sleds get up over 90 miles per hour during this drop and control has become a major issue. Already there had been two big crashes during test runs which luckily didn't result in injuries.

Then today, 21-year-old Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili crashed. He lost control going 95 miles per hour, flew off the track and hit a metal pole. He was air-lifted to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Now the Olympics take a somber tone. Injured shins might suck, but no we're talking about a real chance of dying. Lugers aren't going to slow down going through this track. They want to win. Whoever gets the gold will have earned it on this track.

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