Sunday, March 7, 2010
Opened by Vancouver Olympic Death
Opened by Vancouver Olympic Death
Vina Ramitha
(Special)
INILAH.COM, Vancouver - opening of the Winter Olympics (Winter Olympics) in Vancouver, Canada, Saturday (13 / 2) local time tinged tragedies. But competition is still done.
Luge athlete from the late Republic of Georgia, Nodar Kumaritashvili would expect. Adrenaline passion he felt for the first 48.9 seconds planks laid seluncurnya and drove up to 135 kilometers per hour, is the last moments of his life.
On the track worth U.S. $ 100 million that he died after losing control of the sled, Friday (12 / 2) local time. His head hit the metal pole after a track Nodar thrown out.
"I can not speak, can not describe how we all feel," said President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Jacques Rogge, as reported by the Washington Post. The statement reported by Nodar death of an hour after the accident, along with the start of the investigation by the IOC.
The incident occurred several hours before the Winter Olympics officially opened in Vancouver. Delegation of the Republic of Georgia seemed sad, dressed in red and wearing a black scarf to signify mourning for the death of their colleague. More than 60 thousand people who witnessed the opening of this gives them a standing Ovation condolences.
"Bring on the shoulders of Nodar dream of you all. Berkompetisilah with that spirit in your heart all," said Director John Furlong Vancouver Olympics when he opened the Olympics in BC Place stadium. After a moment of silence, flag down the host half-mast.
The opening of the Olympics this time is a bit stiff and uncomfortable because of the death of Nodar. The sports that participate in these Olympics began blaming the organizers that provide limited access for foreign athletes to know the tracks and fields to be contested. Especially in the case of Nodar, a track where he died recently built two years ago.
"It's hard to track, we drove with more speed than usual and no other tracks in the world like it. They did not give us time to practice and get used to it," said U.S. luge athlete, Steven Holcomb, shortly before the team paraded into the country in the stadium.
Holcomb Canada upset because the team was allowed to use the track longer than rivals from overseas. He argues that the injustice caused by Nodar country which is a small country in Europe. "This little mistake into a fruitful big tragedy," he continued.
However, the Olympic flame remains lit, the first in the stadium and one in Coal Harbor is not far from the stadium where the opening ceremony. Carrier fire is legendary Canadian hockey sports, Wayne Gretzky who then lit a fire in a large stove.
Some big names in other sports world who got the honor of being the bearer of fire is a gold medalist from Canada, Rick Hansen. He gave the fire to the player who had won skate Olympics, Catriona LeMay Doan. The fire then forwarded to the NBA players Steve Nash, and finally to the skier Nancy Greene. Only later to Gretzky.
Canada has spent a lot of money to hold this event. A total of U.S. $ 110 million for the programs 'Own the Podium', U.S. $ 552 to build a venue that will be used as race tracks, including the import thousands of cubic yards of snow from the U.S. because the warmest winters in history. Then an additional U.S. $ 1.5 billion allocated for operational costs everyday. [MDR]
Vina Ramitha
(Special)
INILAH.COM, Vancouver - opening of the Winter Olympics (Winter Olympics) in Vancouver, Canada, Saturday (13 / 2) local time tinged tragedies. But competition is still done.
Luge athlete from the late Republic of Georgia, Nodar Kumaritashvili would expect. Adrenaline passion he felt for the first 48.9 seconds planks laid seluncurnya and drove up to 135 kilometers per hour, is the last moments of his life.
On the track worth U.S. $ 100 million that he died after losing control of the sled, Friday (12 / 2) local time. His head hit the metal pole after a track Nodar thrown out.
"I can not speak, can not describe how we all feel," said President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Jacques Rogge, as reported by the Washington Post. The statement reported by Nodar death of an hour after the accident, along with the start of the investigation by the IOC.
The incident occurred several hours before the Winter Olympics officially opened in Vancouver. Delegation of the Republic of Georgia seemed sad, dressed in red and wearing a black scarf to signify mourning for the death of their colleague. More than 60 thousand people who witnessed the opening of this gives them a standing Ovation condolences.
"Bring on the shoulders of Nodar dream of you all. Berkompetisilah with that spirit in your heart all," said Director John Furlong Vancouver Olympics when he opened the Olympics in BC Place stadium. After a moment of silence, flag down the host half-mast.
The opening of the Olympics this time is a bit stiff and uncomfortable because of the death of Nodar. The sports that participate in these Olympics began blaming the organizers that provide limited access for foreign athletes to know the tracks and fields to be contested. Especially in the case of Nodar, a track where he died recently built two years ago.
"It's hard to track, we drove with more speed than usual and no other tracks in the world like it. They did not give us time to practice and get used to it," said U.S. luge athlete, Steven Holcomb, shortly before the team paraded into the country in the stadium.
Holcomb Canada upset because the team was allowed to use the track longer than rivals from overseas. He argues that the injustice caused by Nodar country which is a small country in Europe. "This little mistake into a fruitful big tragedy," he continued.
However, the Olympic flame remains lit, the first in the stadium and one in Coal Harbor is not far from the stadium where the opening ceremony. Carrier fire is legendary Canadian hockey sports, Wayne Gretzky who then lit a fire in a large stove.
Some big names in other sports world who got the honor of being the bearer of fire is a gold medalist from Canada, Rick Hansen. He gave the fire to the player who had won skate Olympics, Catriona LeMay Doan. The fire then forwarded to the NBA players Steve Nash, and finally to the skier Nancy Greene. Only later to Gretzky.
Canada has spent a lot of money to hold this event. A total of U.S. $ 110 million for the programs 'Own the Podium', U.S. $ 552 to build a venue that will be used as race tracks, including the import thousands of cubic yards of snow from the U.S. because the warmest winters in history. Then an additional U.S. $ 1.5 billion allocated for operational costs everyday. [MDR]
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