Following the death of Olympic competitor Nodar Kumaritashvili, Olympic luge competitors will now be starting at a lower ramp in an effort to reduce speeds on the Whistler Luge track, this despite an ‘investigation’ earlier which ruled out track design as an issue in the death. Men are now starting from what was the women’s [...]
The Vancouver Olympic committee has issued a statement on the death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili. The track was closed for an investigation by the coroners office in Canada. Once they had the evidence they needed for their investigation, they turned it over to the FIL (International Luge Federation). The luge federation and the Vancouver [...]
This is really hard to watch. For those who have not heard, the luge athlete from Georgia was killed today in a freak accident on the very dangerous luge track in Vancouver. Nodar Kumaritashvilvi accident propelled him off the track and into a steel girder at nearly 90 mph, which caused injuries that eventually cost [...]
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