The terrible accident that resulted in the death of Luge athlete Nodar Kumaritashvili during a training run should serve as a warning, but not a deterrent to continuing the event. Kumaritahsvili’s ...

YANQING, China — Nodar Kumaritashvili was four curves away from Georgian Olympic history when, on that chilling day in 2010, he lost control. One moment, he was furthering a family legacy, whizzing ...

A tragic (and avoidable) accident has led to the “dumbing down” of a sport. On Friday, Feb. 12, Georgian slider Nodar Kumaritashvili entered turn 16 of the notorious Whistler track for the final turn ...

FOR STORY GEORGIA LUGER - In this photo taken Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, David Kumaritashvili, father of the Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili killed during a training run at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics ...

A men's Olympic luger from the former Soviet republic of Georgia crashed during training and needed emergency treatment after an accident on a track that is the world's fastest and has raised safety ...

Luge is Saba Kumaritashvili’s family business. His great-grandfather is credited with bringing the sport to their homeland, the former Soviet republic of Georgia, more than a half-century ago. His ...

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WHISTLER, British Columbia -- The ice was slick, quartz white and stony silent as Bjoern Dyrdahl walked the length of the track that, within hours, would become a chute of death. The Norwegian's ...

WHISTLER, British Columbia – It took only three seconds. Sliding faster than ever in his life, 21-year-old Nodar Kumaritashvili had one turn left in his final Olympic training run. Flirting with 90 ...