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Report: Venezuelan slider had warned about luge track
Posted by Ron Judd
From the New York Times, a report that a Venezuelan slider injured during November training had warned Olympic and luge federation officials about the safety of Whistler's bobsled/luge track, where a Georgian luger was killed last Friday.
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