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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 03:32 PM Original message |
American Skier Kildow Suffers (gruesome) Crash in Training (NYT) |
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nickinSTL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. yes, a contusion is a bruise |
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Geoff R. Casavant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 04:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. My guess is a deep mega-bruise |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 05:15 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. It sounds like a bone bruise. |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. She went airborne and slammed onto the frozen ground on her butt. |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 03:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Where did you see it? |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 04:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. NBC has a slideshow |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 04:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. MSNBC TV still shots this morning. n/t |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
3. It'll make movement very painful, especially over bumps and the like |
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OrangeCountyDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. Some People Never Admit Defeat.... |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 03:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I would be disappointed. |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 05:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
42. I would be, too. I haven't followed the coverage too much so far, |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 03:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I wouldn't be surprised if she competes. (spoiler post) |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 04:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. Naw, let's not take it out on the kids |
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OrangeCountyDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 04:38 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Other Nations' Kids Are Also Working Their Hearts Out... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 05:02 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I don't mean to be chauvinistic |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 10:58 PM Response to Reply #30 |
50. In general I completely disagree with you... |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. "Just bruises?" |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 03:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Ouch is right, I fell on Ice when I was a kid, landed on the point of... |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
6. I saw the Men's Downhill last night |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 03:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. It is nuts, |
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da_chimperor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 04:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. I watched both runs live, and it was disappointing they didn't win. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 04:37 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Watching live is great, isn't it? |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 05:19 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Bode Skied on "only 2 or 3 pair of this type in the world" new skis... |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 08:47 PM Response to Reply #29 |
45. DO you live close enough to Canada to get the CBC via an Antenna? |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 05:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
33. I never root for Americans during the Olympics |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
7. An American in the women's luge event also crashed |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 03:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Yow, I didn't hear about the Luge accident |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 03:56 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I think that was "Grandma Luge"... |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 03:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. This was someone different |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 04:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. FYI: NBC's coverage of the Luge just started 4:00pm |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 05:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
38. No, it's someone different -- Grandma Luge broke her wrist |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 03:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. They said she suffered some short-term memory loss |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 04:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. Story and photos here... It was awful... |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 05:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
37. They just showed it on NBC during the 4:00pm-5:00pm ET coverage |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 05:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
39. This is a brutal course -- lots of crashes on the luge today |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
14. And people are always asking me why I don't ski/snowboard... |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 04:06 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. that's what helmets are for |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 04:18 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Are you able to ski the kinds of downhill |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 04:25 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I used to race in high school and college |
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soleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
19. sounds like the Anti-Kwan |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 05:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
40. The Anti-Kwan in what way? |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 08:58 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. I think she made the right choice too, better to be remembered... |
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soleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 04:49 PM Response to Reply #40 |
51. Anti-Kwan |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 11:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
53. Kwan only wanted the gold. |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
31. I didn't see it, but did it measure up to Vinko Bogataj's crash in 1970? |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 09:00 PM Response to Reply #31 |
47. I wasn't quite as dramatic, it happened so fast... |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
34. It's a bone bruise. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
41. I caught my finger in a car door... |
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aaronbees (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
43. I'll be rooting for her... |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
44. NBC just showed her fall and said she plans on sking on Wednesday |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
48. it was pretty ugly to watch |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-13-06 09:29 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Here's an update on the American Luger |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-15-06 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
52. She DID ski the downhill today! She finished 8th! |
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