The IOC didn’t even take responsibility for that. They said they added extra barriers and padding to calm the nerves of the remaining contestants, not for anything safety reasons. They don’t really care from what I’ve seen.
@@unfunny2258 nope， theoretically if you have a net thats stretchy enough and with trong tensile strength you can catch someone falling off a plane with no harm.
You're forgetting they need to be able to jump into the sled while it's already moving down the sliding track. Anything on the sled that would protect their head would also make the start more dangerous.
@@kevinji7285 theoretically. but practically you have to catch a heavy sled with 4 people and can't predict where on the track the accident will happen. as long as they stay in the sled they are reasonably safe. the real horror scenario is when somebody falls out and gets hit by it.
icedbannanas course is outdoors no covering to drop anything like that from. The bob sled will give a small amount of protection to the pepole in it. Better to stay inside til the end. Sudden deceletation would throw the bob sled, and those in it around more violently . That would make the crews injuries worse
It really wouldn't help at all as you have a sled going 140 kph, that weighs probably around 1000+ pounds. A few mats wouldn't do anything positive and anything larger would cause a huge amount of deceleration which could make the situation much worse. Also, everyone except the captain of the bobsled is below the roofline I believe, and these things are build to crash and Im sure it happens all the time in practice just maybe not this severe.
i love how commentators always make sure to say crashes aren't due to the course being poorly made because others have successfully made it down but they literally caught air in the beginning on a straight away i refuse to believe there aren't commonly issues with these tracks
That's because Whistler is a insanely fast and for its speed tight track. It used to be hugely unsafe when it was run in the 2010 olympics, got a reputation as a death trap and had since improved a lot when it comes to safety. In the end bobsledding is a sport with huge concussion risks like many winter sports and team sports. They meant Whistler wasn't any less safe than other tracks, which was by that point true. Also catching a lil air on a straight is fine, you can calculate how high a 4 person bob can go with good reliability. (Besides they didn't catch air, they lifted a ski on entry, which happens on tight tracks) Been watching this sport for 15 years now and know many of the tracks and (in this case, sadly) their histories.
My daughter has trained/raced at Whistler, thankfully always stayed upright. Even at high speeds ( 135/140 Kms) it is a very technical track and so fast. It’s not a bad track .
I personally train in Whistler and the track is not poorly designed. Its the fastes track on the planet so its very hard to get correct thats why a lot of people crash.
my head is so hot you could cook an egg in my country. If you want. I live in holland. Buy an egg. a pan. A stove. Enjoy. Dont forget some butter or oil. hmm. Nom nom
I love how belgium and france are considered the same because we both speak the same language, yet people would never dare to say to an american that they are english ^^
eolhc I wonder that too, for one thing they have a helmet on and it appears if the wall pushes against their head they don’t fight it and compress their whole body.
Wonder if they could invent a roll bar to protect their head and neck? Something that pops up like a convertible.. Mercedes Benz has a roll bar that once it flips or rolls a steal bar springs up... doesn’t sound to far fetched for the sled. Hate to see their heads dragging on the ice.
General HowTo only prob is them things work on like a gimble type thing so when it goes over a certain lean an explosive charge fires the struts like u said, Prob pure an simple safety and the fact they can lean so much
That might have the effect of digging into the ice and violently flipping the sled unpredictably. This way at least their helmet can slide on the relatively smooth ice
these guys crash every single day and their sleds are extremely minimal. it would ad too much weight and would probably damage the sled and require a whole lot of work to get it sliding again. these guys crash, go back to the top and try again. crashing is just part of the sport
Chris Mccall it could be taken in many ways but this is the internet and I can't hear which word you accented so stop trying to make excuses for your stupidity
I did not say you would win. Besides thats not bobsledding or really needed to do it. You really do not have to do all that running. If so, then you need a steeper hill haha. Gravity works very well.
Many safety problems in Whistler! First, you got Nodar Kumaritashvili at the 2010 olympics that dies doing luge by crashing in 16th turn, gets ejected and bangs head first in 2nd metal pole, then you got the belgium team that crashes with a bobsleigh!
I guess steering these things takes a bit of skill. But it's hard - at least for me - to see much that deserves a medal for the rest of the team; run fast for 3 secs, jump on board and tuck your head in for the next 2 mins!
The 1st reporter does 24H Series, BlancPain Endurance Championship, IMSA, and WEC also I believe Formula 1, very well known in the Motorsports community
Purple Jak well you create plays for the team so you can shoot the basket easily ;) ,creativity is important too.The defenders are not going to let you make that easily tho .
Guys are speeding down an ice tube at 80mph on their fucking heads, probably shitting themselves and possibly concussed, and the commentators are sitting there critiquing their ability to corner.
sing an They were the first team to run down the slope this day you moron, otherwise you'd see something like +0.36 or -0.64 seconds indicating they were faster or slower than the first place. Gosh, why the fuck did you even leave that comment if you have no fucking clue.
lol "watch how the track crew is efficient with the hooks" as they are stopped he says it, after they slid a mile upside down. seriously they need to figure out a way to slow them down after the flip...
Can’t someone make a bobsled with like a bullet proof window that protects the head if it crash, like lets say the window is movable so when you start they run and then when they sit down they put the window down and it will protect the heads
Seems like such a fun sport but all i've watched are crashes lol
Been doing this for maybe 20mins rn
Same 😂
Omg same, is the algorithm a free promotion for the sport cuz everyone is seeing this around the same time now
Public viewers: So, bobsled are able to not crash?
same, lol... I'm in a marathon
2:10
cant tell if medics or swiss team
Funny
My though exactly. My 1st thought was why Swiss medics help Belgian athletes. LOL.
@@-pris-p.3981 Sportsmanship
They're swedics
Friend: what're you up to?
Me: watching a casket fly down the ice
My right ear enjoyed this.
left for me
Mine did too
my subwoofer
XBLTheOriginalRed me too
XBLTheOriginalRed mine too lmao
1:34 If I was in that position and we were sliding on our roof at 106 KPH There would be shit dribbling out the back of the bobsled
Dominic D'Alesio nice one
don’t use swears, uncle jankers doesn’t approve
That is why you can never be a bobsled teammate
Their suits are probably water-proof, otherwise it'd be too much to clean up...
@@luke_darga No one gives a fuck, just grow up.
thats the down side of this sport once you crash you kinda cant stop
You just gotta kinda scrape your head for a while
you just take all the skin off half ur body hooray
No guts , no glory!
Use your head
@@daveloughran729 no, use your brain
I'm surprised that there's so little protection around the sides of the track, especially after the death of Nodar in 2010
The IOC didn’t even take responsibility for that. They said they added extra barriers and padding to calm the nerves of the remaining contestants, not for anything safety reasons. They don’t really care from what I’ve seen.
They need two things:
1) a Halo like F1 cars
2) a net or something like that, that deploys to stop sleds
Michael Frymus a net would cause a instant stop, aka a lot of g’s, aka death
@@unfunny2258 nope， theoretically if you have a net thats stretchy enough and with trong tensile strength you can catch someone falling off a plane with no harm.
You're forgetting they need to be able to jump into the sled while it's already moving down the sliding track. Anything on the sled that would protect their head would also make the start more dangerous.
@@kevinji7285 theoretically. but practically you have to catch a heavy sled with 4 people and can't predict where on the track the accident will happen. as long as they stay in the sled they are reasonably safe. the real horror scenario is when somebody falls out and gets hit by it.
Keep the ideas coming people, we'll get this one figured out.
There really should be a safety system where foam mats are dropped on the track to stop the sled
icedbannanas course is outdoors no covering to drop anything like that from. The bob sled will give a small amount of protection to the pepole in it. Better to stay inside til the end. Sudden deceletation would throw the bob sled, and those in it around more violently . That would make the crews injuries worse
It really wouldn't help at all as you have a sled going 140 kph, that weighs probably around 1000+ pounds. A few mats wouldn't do anything positive and anything larger would cause a huge amount of deceleration which could make the situation much worse. Also, everyone except the captain of the bobsled is below the roofline I believe, and these things are build to crash and Im sure it happens all the time in practice just maybe not this severe.
Fcutdlady I think he meant the end when it’s slower
theres absolutely nothing stopping that sled once it starts. also there is a roof to drop from but like I said theres nothing that can stop that sled
That's a fucking terrible idea.
i love how commentators always make sure to say crashes aren't due to the course being poorly made because others have successfully made it down but they literally caught air in the beginning on a straight away i refuse to believe there aren't commonly issues with these tracks
That's because Whistler is a insanely fast and for its speed tight track. It used to be hugely unsafe when it was run in the 2010 olympics, got a reputation as a death trap and had since improved a lot when it comes to safety. In the end bobsledding is a sport with huge concussion risks like many winter sports and team sports. They meant Whistler wasn't any less safe than other tracks, which was by that point true. Also catching a lil air on a straight is fine, you can calculate how high a 4 person bob can go with good reliability. (Besides they didn't catch air, they lifted a ski on entry, which happens on tight tracks) Been watching this sport for 15 years now and know many of the tracks and (in this case, sadly) their histories.
My daughter has trained/raced at Whistler, thankfully always stayed upright. Even at high speeds ( 135/140 Kms) it is a very technical track and so fast. It’s not a bad track .
I personally train in Whistler and the track is not poorly designed. Its the fastes track on the planet so its very hard to get correct thats why a lot of people crash.
My left ear is lonely.
Grady King a
same XD
That driver owes everybody on his team dinner.
you say that but he also kept them all alive
ive always wanted to try this but my country is so hot,you could cook an egg on your head.
Jamaica has a bobsled team
What country
You say that when watching this video?
I live about a hour or so from where this was filmed. I'll stick to not dieing tho
my head is so hot you could cook an egg in my country.
If you want.
I live in holland.
Buy an egg.
a pan.
A stove.
Enjoy.
Dont forget some butter or oil.
hmm.
Nom nom
I love how belgium and france are considered the same because we both speak the same language, yet people would never dare to say to an american that they are english ^^
Nobody said they were the same 🙄. They said they spoke the same language together
@@korinnab.2318 No we don't. We speak Flemish which is close to Dutch.
how do they avoid snapping their necks?
eolhc I wonder that too, for one thing they have a helmet on and it appears if the wall pushes against their head they don’t fight it and compress their whole body.
they are probably francophone belgians so they don't have spines
I have been bobsledding for 20 years. It’s a combination of being in shape and wearing your helmet.
@@alquinn8576 rofl
@@alquinn8576 Lmfao, savage.
Who's here from the broom video ?
Lol yep
Me
Hey
wut broom video
Just wait until you see the fan video
Wonder if they could invent a roll bar to protect their head and neck? Something that pops up like a convertible.. Mercedes Benz has a roll bar that once it flips or rolls a steal bar springs up... doesn’t sound to far fetched for the sled. Hate to see their heads dragging on the ice.
General HowTo suggest it, really the worry should be their next because those helmets are so thick
because the beams would create drag?
General HowTo only prob is them things work on like a gimble type thing so when it goes over a certain lean an explosive charge fires the struts like u said, Prob pure an simple safety and the fact they can lean so much
That might have the effect of digging into the ice and violently flipping the sled unpredictably. This way at least their helmet can slide on the relatively smooth ice
these guys crash every single day and their sleds are extremely minimal. it would ad too much weight and would probably damage the sled and require a whole lot of work to get it sliding again. these guys crash, go back to the top and try again. crashing is just part of the sport
It is no wonder they crashed, their helmets were all on fire!
Best comment 🤣😂🤣 !
Crash: happens.
Commentator: "Now see, THATS where the concussions come from..."
Up next Jamaica, coached by John Candy
That comment made me laugh hysterically.
Jamaica we have a bobsled team!
JAMIACA WE HAVE A BOBSLED TEAM
@@YamahaPro20 yea I saw that movie I commented aboutbthat
*feather drops on track*
DISASTER!!!!
I really love this sport! Commentators just talk shit sometimes.
Pinch Hitter because youre the expert
Iyi
Commentators take this very seriously😄
#cool runings
Damn that broom
Always remember, your bones will not break in a bobsled. No, no, no... They shatter.
Classic “zigged when they shouldn’t zagged” moment
Classic
"Currently 1st?" How bad were the other teams?! LOL (Yes, I realize they were probably the first to go).
My right ear loved it
Notice how the steel beams now have cushion wrapped around them after the fatal crash in 2010 at 1:53
Indigo408 nice, still has a huge chance of killing
Why Tho I know right. I don’t think a three inch cushion will save the life of a person who’s body has been flung off the track at really high speeds.
Indigo408 can’t tell if you are being sarcastic due to your first comment, have you ever felt those cushions? They are rock solid
Why Tho I think you’re confused
Yeah we are all here from the broom video you don’t have to type it
It still finished and posted a first place time though
really?
Chris Mccall d
Chris Mccall yeah because they ran first on that day. Stupid people are stupid
Looks like someone doesn't know what a joke is.
Chris Mccall it could be taken in many ways but this is the internet and I can't hear which word you accented so stop trying to make excuses for your stupidity
This is one of the few Olympic sports someone with no training, a beer gut and really wasted could actually do.
+JIMJAMSC Curling would be a better example
I did not say you would win. Besides thats not bobsledding or really needed to do it. You really do not have to do all that running. If so, then you need a steeper hill haha. Gravity works very well.
That is no sport !!!
im supposed to be studying for the sat why am i still watching this
these crashes give me lots of entertainment lmao thx u
"Sanka, you dead?"
"Yeah, man."
"currently 1st"
It's funny when the whole thing ended his final time popped up, 😂 the dude was probably dead
Finally reached the end of this algorithm. Woo!
Why does this sport have the best commentator
That sounds like Bruce Springsteen music playing for the last 2 minutes of the video.
My right ear really enjoyed the audio.
I really want to be in the Winter Olympics, but I don't live somewhere where I could train.
how old are you?
Hope Roach why does that matter
IfTheresAWill Padmore like I'm just wondering bc usually you start young
Tell that to the Jamaican Bobsled team
lmfao nice one
They haven't the greatest system in place for emergencies
but they got the hooks!!! the hooks are gonna save us from the zombie apocalypse and doomsday asteroid all in one nugget!!
Many safety problems in Whistler! First, you got Nodar Kumaritashvili at the 2010 olympics that dies doing luge by crashing in 16th turn, gets ejected and bangs head first in 2nd metal pole, then you got the belgium team that crashes with a bobsleigh!
bobsleds crash every single day at every single track in the world, theres nothing special about whistler besides its speed and high quality race ice
Ikr, but this track leads insecurity to not only bobsleigh. do a research if you don't know what i mean!
We Belgians are the best at Bob´s sleigh 😀🇧🇪
Yes yes we know, waffles from Belgium🇧🇪❤
why aren't the bobsleds designed with transparent dome-shaped tops to protect their heads when it flips?
I guess steering these things takes a bit of skill. But it's hard - at least for me - to see much that deserves a medal for the rest of the team; run fast for 3 secs, jump on board and tuck your head in for the next 2 mins!
The 1st reporter does 24H Series, BlancPain Endurance Championship, IMSA, and WEC also I believe Formula 1, very well known in the Motorsports community
what s the point of this sport ? you push the thing and slide lol
And steer... a little
What's the point of basketball? You throw a ball in a basket lol
Purple Jak well you create plays for the team so you can shoot the basket easily ;) ,creativity is important too.The defenders are not going to let you make that easily tho .
Claudio Andrei whats the point of football (soccer)? You run with a ball.
exactly my point
balls of steel. ok who's next
Me and the boys after 10 bottles Vodka Be like :
I didn’t even know we had a belgium team?🧐🤷♀️
That`s the moment when results doesn't matter anymore
How common are these accidents I’ve been seeing lots of videos in the past couple days ... not sure why I always assumed this was a rare occurrence
Crosses finish line upside down
Belgium: currently 1st
Am I the only one who found this hilarious af
this sport is dangerous, but i find it's kinda cute when all 4 of them squeeze in that little thing...
They should have an all upside down category. It's the only way to make this sport exciting.
Play at 2x speed while playing the Benny hill theme tune. 😂
Broom brought us together
Where the hell do you get to do this? I live in north so it could be possible but i’ve barely heard about this
XD the people were taking pics then they were like WTF?
They see me rollin
This is just so unfair.
This Slovenian lost an opportunity to win the gold medal which means this judge changed his life.
That must be kinda hellish
just turn your monitor 90 degrees and they are golden
Maybe they need a HALO too like the formule1. Hahaha I am happy they were alright.
Cool Runnings!
Guys are speeding down an ice tube at 80mph on their fucking heads, probably shitting themselves and possibly concussed, and the commentators are sitting there critiquing their ability to corner.
I don't understand how can you control the sled. Do you throw your body weight to keep it upright too dangerous
I think they can steer the blades. Not sure though
She jinxed it!
What make one faster then others? Total weight?
Audio by Van Gogh Productions
This shit looks fun besides the crashing
Why did they keep the Vancouver 2010 emblem on top of the bobsleigh track
Should hire an F1 engineer to design the F1-grade safety features on the bobsled .. lol
they went upside down and still got 1st place? whats the point of this sport
sing an They were the first team to run down the slope this day you moron, otherwise you'd see something like +0.36 or -0.64 seconds indicating they were faster or slower than the first place. Gosh, why the fuck did you even leave that comment if you have no fucking clue.
SWAGDOLF SHITLER I can't believe there's someone on UA-cam that actually understands this sport
Good point hah!!!
SWAGDOLF SHITLER you mad bruh?
As long as you cross the line with your sled and all the members your still able to place
Uhm that's terrifying... you just have to let the sled go.
I would have held on for dear life, and sh*t my pants
Winter F-1!
They should have stuck those hooks out when the bobsled first toppled over.
Glad to see they were ok but I still would like to do that once before I die
They're more concerned on the expensive sled.
My left ear is jealous
I should really get back to studying
Out of luge and skeleton bobsledding is the safest
They all speak broadly the same language? What a fuck up. We speak Flemish!
lol "watch how the track crew is efficient with the hooks" as they are stopped he says it, after they slid a mile upside down. seriously they need to figure out a way to slow them down after the flip...
That ice was way too slippery.
Can’t someone make a bobsled with like a bullet proof window that protects the head if it crash, like lets say the window is movable so when you start they run and then when they sit down they put the window down and it will protect the heads
*bob sled crashes*
Me: OOOOOOOFFFFFFFF 😞
that stereo audio though
Glad they’re all okay!
Hold my beer n’ watch this
That ended up being their best time,
It would suck being the guy at the back
Epic B roll
Don't worry! They became first with that performance!
what was their time? looked pretty good on their side....lol