A strong medal contender was among two Swiss competitors to withdraw Friday from bobsled events after scary crashes, on a day when an American boblsledder said the venue where a luger was killed last week could generate speeds that are too dangerous. Swiss-1 driver Beat Hefti, this season's overall World Cup champion, pulled out of two-man because of a concussion in a crash Wednesday. He hasn't decided whether to race in the four-man, which starts next Friday. Swiss driver Daniel Schmid, who was not a medal favorite and has had previous problems on the track, pulled out of the two-man and four-man bob for "safety reasons" after two practice crashes. "It's just so fast," American women's bobsledder Shauna Rohbock said, later adding, "I think they went a little overboard on this track."
I get a luger died and someone in a bobsled got hurt or something. It's awful and terrible and I hope doesn't happen again. Having said that, it's time to put up or shut up for these olympians. You want a safe, nerf ball life with no risks and no reward then go the fuck home and lay on the couch. Pour yourself a cup of tea and watch on TV as your rivals bask in the light of victory. Don't complain to the media that the kind people of Vancouver gave you a fast track to race against history. What's the difference between 80 and 90 MPH? I got a feeling that if you knock your sled over at either speed it's not gonna make too much of a difference between life and death. Speed isn't factor at that point. It's called execution and if you don't do it the right way then you deserve to face the consequences of getting your legs run over. Nobody forced you into a bobsled.
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