The Unlucky Curve 13 of the Flying Dragon Course is Ending Dreams with Horrifying Crashes at Beijing Winter Olympics 2022

Winter games are adventurous and amazing, but at the same time, they come with a lot of risks, too. Players often suffer serious crashes and injuries while performing in these sports and sometimes these injuries can be career-ending as well. The Beijing Winter Games have witnessed quite a lot of crashes lately and it’s really frustrating for players to go through such horrific accidents.

Great Britain’s two men bobsleigh team suffered a dangerous crash today at Flying Dragon Course in Beijing and with the crash ended their hope of winning a medal at Beijing Winter Olympics. Luckily, both the players, Brad Hall and Nick Gleeson, are safe and there has been no serious injury to either of them.

Unlucky curve 13

Call it superstition or just being unlucky, but there’s certainly something wrong with curve 13 of Flying Dragon Course in Beijing. Earlier it was unlucky for luge racers who suffered serious collapses and now it’s acting up for bobsleigh players as well.

After the crash, Great Britain’s bobsleigh player Nick Gleeson said, “It happens to everyone, but when it happens, it is a survival instinct. You hold on and try not to get kicked out of the back. Thankfully it was quite an easy crash, quite short and it was over pretty quick.”

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However, the team still qualified for the fourth run, and with the time of 3:59.92 on the clock, they finished in 11th position. The German bobsleigh team, Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis were the winners with the record timing of 58.99 on the clock.

More fatal crashes on curve 13

Prior to this, German luge racer, Julia Taubitz, went through a similar incident on curve 13, when she lost control of her luge and suffered a collapse and the same thing happened with the American luge racer, Emily Sweeney as well.

These collapses might be because the course of the platform is in the shape of a dragon and it’s often tricky to control a luge or bobsled, sliding at such a fast speed. Though whatever the reason may be, for players it’s believed to be an unlucky curve, as it’s costing them a lot.

For now, let’s just hope for no more crashes until the closing ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 on 20th February.

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