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He lost control, of course, went into a pole, an unpadded pole. now there have been some type of wall erected there, and they will go ahead with the competition as scheduled on whistler mountain. you can imagine, betty, though that the competitors will head up there, the olympians will head up there with a great sense of anticipation and certainly anxiety, perhaps. >> yeah, no doubt. i wanted to ask you about that. i mean, are you hearing some trepidation from these athletes who are going to be competing on that same track today? >> reporter: we haven't spoken to them directly. the opening cer...

One of the large screens on the other end of this village. i had walked down there to see the medals plaza. and everyone stopped. and there was a loud audible gasp. it was one of the worst sporting accidents i've ever seen. and he literally came off that sled. he went flying into the air. and hit that pole with great force. and it is a metal pole. it's an unpadded pole. and i don't know whether, you know, it would be typical to be padded. i can't imagine that if that were sort of standard operating procedure it wouldn't happen here at an olympic venue. but that's a question i can't answer with...