it is completely a dangerous sport just because of the sheer fact of the speed. it is concrete, it is ice. the control that you have is some would say maybe limited, but as you come down, if you lose control like this young man did today, you re really at the mercy of where you re going to land. thanks, mark. the georgia team will compete in honor of their teammate. joining us on the phone is david epstein, staff writer with sporlts illustrat sports illustrated. did this shock you, david? yeah, it has to. this sport, there is some danger to it, but i think the last death was in 1994. it s safer than driving a car, for example, so i think it shocked everybody, slulabsolute. larry: do we know how fast they re going at top speed? during the competition, the top athletes are getting up into the mid to high 90s, which makes this far and away the fastest course in the world. this particular rider was going