Anecdotal evidence.

WILMINGTON, N.Y.Mar 12, 2006(AP)Swedish snowboarder
Jonatan Johansson died Sunday after falling during a
snowboardcross run down Whiteface Mountain in the
Adirondacks.

The 26-year-old Turin Olympics competitor lost control
on one of his jumps during training for an
International Ski Federation World Cup competition,
according to U.S. Ski and Snowboarding Association
spokesman Tom Kelly.

A state police report said Johansson tried to correct
himself but landed hard. An autopsy found the cause of
death to be multiple internal injuries.

Officials said Johansson landed within the course
boundaries and was wearing a helmet. Olympic Regional
Development Authority spokesman Sandy Caligiore said he
did not hit a tree, a pole or any other obstacle. The
course where Johansson crashed, the Boreen Trail, has
special snowboardcross features constructed for
competition.

http://www.thelocal.se/article.php?ID=3257&date=20060313
Swedish snowboard star dies in training

Published: 13th March 2006 08:53 CET

Swedish snowboarder Jonatan Johansson died while
training in Lake Placid in the USA on Sunday. During
the last training run of the day he fell badly and
doctors were unable to save his life.

Johansson was the most successful of Sweden's
snowboarders in the recent Winter Olympics in Turin,
coming in twelfth place. He was in Lake Placid as part
of the Swedish World Cup team.

"In the last training run the landing from a jump went
badly," said snowboard association director Ulf
Nilsson.

"The jump itself went quite well but something made him
lean forward, and he fell on the slope with the whole
of his body weight forward," Nilsson told Svenska
Dagbladet.

The Swedish team captain Anders Wiggerud, along with
trainer Lars Bergstedt, were at the scene and
administered first aid almost immediately. Nearby
doctors also helped but Johansson never regained
consciousness.

The exact cause of death had not been established late
on Sunday evening. However, Nilsson told SvD that it
was simply an accident and that there were no safety
problems with the course.

Organisers cancelled the competition. Other members of
the team were said to be badly shocked and considering
returning immediately to Sweden.

Jonatan Johansson, who came from Sollentuna but lived
in Umeˆ€, was 26 years old.

--
Michael Press

Not that I should prolong this fray, but are you suggesting that first-hand
accident reports are not relevant? The irony is that they're more
"anecdotal" than the accident referenced in your post, for which there was
obviously an autopsy etc., and thus wasn't truly anecdotal.

--Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReactionBicycles.com


"Michael Press" wrote in message
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WILMINGTON, N.Y.Mar 12, 2006(AP)Swedish snowboarder
Jonatan Johansson died Sunday after falling during a
snowboardcross run down Whiteface Mountain in the
Adirondacks.

The 26-year-old Turin Olympics competitor lost control
on one of his jumps during training for an
International Ski Federation World Cup competition,
according to U.S. Ski and Snowboarding Association
spokesman Tom Kelly.

A state police report said Johansson tried to correct
himself but landed hard. An autopsy found the cause of
death to be multiple internal injuries.

Officials said Johansson landed within the course
boundaries and was wearing a helmet. Olympic Regional
Development Authority spokesman Sandy Caligiore said he
did not hit a tree, a pole or any other obstacle. The
course where Johansson crashed, the Boreen Trail, has
special snowboardcross features constructed for
competition.

http://www.thelocal.se/article.php?ID=3257&date=20060313
Swedish snowboard star dies in training

Published: 13th March 2006 08:53 CET

Swedish snowboarder Jonatan Johansson died while
training in Lake Placid in the USA on Sunday. During
the last training run of the day he fell badly and
doctors were unable to save his life.

Johansson was the most successful of Sweden's
snowboarders in the recent Winter Olympics in Turin,
coming in twelfth place. He was in Lake Placid as part
of the Swedish World Cup team.

"In the last training run the landing from a jump went
badly," said snowboard association director Ulf
Nilsson.

"The jump itself went quite well but something made him
lean forward, and he fell on the slope with the whole
of his body weight forward," Nilsson told Svenska
Dagbladet.

The Swedish team captain Anders Wiggerud, along with
trainer Lars Bergstedt, were at the scene and
administered first aid almost immediately. Nearby
doctors also helped but Johansson never regained
consciousness.

The exact cause of death had not been established late
on Sunday evening. However, Nilsson told SvD that it
was simply an accident and that there were no safety
problems with the course.

Organisers cancelled the competition. Other members of
the team were said to be badly shocked and considering
returning immediately to Sweden.

Jonatan Johansson, who came from Sollentuna but lived
in Ume^?, was 26 years old.

--
Michael Press

In article
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"Mike Jacoubowsky" wrote:

Not that I should prolong this fray, but are you suggesting that first-hand
accident reports are not relevant? The irony is that they're more
"anecdotal" than the accident referenced in your post, for which there was
obviously an autopsy etc., and thus wasn't truly anecdotal.

I do not know what you are getting at by discussing the
meanings. The snow board event would qualify as anecdotal
evidence in peer reviewed literature. This report also
qualifies as a statistic.

What can we _infer_ from this report? Same as we can
infer from the cracked helmet reports we read here.

[...]

--
Michael Press