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David Kumaritashvili, father of the Georgia luger Nodar Kumaritashvili who killed on an Olympic training run, shows a photo his son e-mailed from the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
Nodar Kumaritashvili crash video [ edit ] On February 12, 2010, KTXL was one of the first media outlets to obtain a video copy of a luge accident that occurred during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver , which resulted in the death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili . [ 19 ]
Kumaritashvili was born on 25 November 1988, in Borjomi, Georgian SSR, present-day Georgia, to David and Dodo Kumaritashvili. [1] He had one sister, Mariam, who was four years younger. [2] Kumaritashvili's family had a long association with luge. His grandfather Aleko Kumaritashvili introduced luge to Georgia after first training for it in East ...
During training on February 12, 2010, Georgian luger, Nodar Kumaritashvili was going at over 143 kilometres per hour (89 mph) when he crashed in the last turn and hit a steel pole. He was administered CPR at the track, then taken away to hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
Kumaritashvili died at the age of 21 on Feb. 12, 2010, in a training crash hours before the start of the opening ceremony of the Vancouver Games. Anniversary of Olympic luger Nodar Kumaritashvili ...
During a training session on 12 February, the Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili died of injuries caused by a crash in the final turn of the course at speeds of 144.3 kilometres per hour (89.7 mph), crashing into the side of the turn, sending him crashing into a steel support pillar. [8]
The family of Kumaritashvili received an insurance payout worth $150,000 from the VANOC. [10] VANOC broke some rules in regards to the luging and bobsleigh track. International Luge Federation states that "the length for a luge track must not exceed 1,350 metres (4,430 ft)." [11] G-force was critical in the accident that killed Kumaritashvili. [11]
Construction work takes place at the Cortina Sliding Center, venue for the bob, luge and skeleton disciplines, at the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Thursday, Jan ...