Nothing has been a real big bust. The media, even including
our team 1040 radio, contacts other medias all over the
world, looking for 'controversial' stories, and nothing
else, then they report all of the crap quickly to create
a buzz.
I don't give them any credit at all.
One can find stories at all of the olympics that are
trying to create negativity, that's not hard at all.
The only thing I was dissapointed with was the statement
concerning the luger who was killed, and it was the
statement made by the International Olympic Committee,
who directly said that the young man who was killed was
at fault.
Now, I am not saying he wasn't at fault, that is probably
true, but they could have worded their statement in a
more tactful manner, because 'his' family would have
heard that, and they would not have felt very good, so
their style was poor, could have done it much better.
They could have said that there was no fault by anyone,
it is the risk of the sport, and many other winter sports,
that came into play, and it is unfortunate and sad.
They made some adjustments at that part of the course,
but that doesn't mean the course was faulty, they were
just doing the right thing.
That course was very very fast, but after thousands of
runs, there were no changes asked for by athletes or
anyone else involved, in fact the athletes love the
speed, as it makes the course more dangerous and excting
for them, and that is what they like to begin with,
no different than ski jumping, or down hill skiing, etc.
There is a fine line between having a winning time and
having a catastrophe.
