A Georgian men’s luger died Friday after crashing during a training run at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Nodar Kumaritashvili, a 21-year-old who was scheduled to compete in the men’s luge, apparently lost control of his luge, flew off the track and slammed into a metal pole near the base of the luge track in Whistler, British Columbia.
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This track is not safe:
The track on which a Georgian luger died in a fatal crash Friday is as much as 20 kilometres an hour too fast, an international sport official says.
Very disappointing and angering that norms are not adhered to.
This is the 5th death in Olympics history so far.
RIP.