Immediately after watching…  It is beyond explanation why, at such a high-speed track, with the possibility of such high-speed crashes, the groups that put it together did not plan for a simple plexiglass or hockey-style wall to deflect the energy carried by a high-flying Luger and, simultaneously protect said Luger's life. This should not have happened. Accident or not, this person should have survived. The one of the things they should plan for in such a high-speed course is accidents and minimizing injury.  Short-sighted planning makes for bad, bad business, bad press and most importantly, loss, suffering and grief. My condolences to Nodar Kumaritashvili's family and friends