Luge
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A luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine and feet first. A luger begins seated, propelling themselves initially from handles on either side of the start ramp, then steers by
American lugers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Doubles luge, Myroslav and Ivan Lenko at the 2022 Luge World Cup trainings
Luge sled, with steel runners removed
A young luger on the start ramp at the Utah Olympic track
Nodar Kumaritashvili
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Nodar Kumaritashvili was a Georgian luge athlete who suffered a fatal crash during a training run for the 2010 Winter Olympics competition in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, on the day of the open
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…sports, luging has risks. Though most injuries involve bumps, bruises, broken bones and concussions, fatalities do occasionally occur. Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili suffered a fatal crash during his final practice run for the 2010 Winter Olympics on the Whistler Sliding Centre in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada…
Official IOC picture of Kumaritashvili
Spectators at the Whistler Sliding Centre look down the track as sliders pass the point where Kumaritashvili crashed.
Georgian athletes during the opening ceremony
The wall that was installed just past the final turn of the Whistler Sliding Centre after the death of Kumaritashvili