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At the time of his death, he was ranked 44th out of 65 competitors in the 2009–10 World Cup season and was regarded as one of the best lugers to come from Georgia. [12] By 31 December 2009, the cut-off date for luge qualifications for the Olympics, Kumaritashvili was ranked 38th overall.
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.
It was also luge's first fatality since 10 December 1975 when an Italian luger was killed. [14] The women's singles and men's doubles start was moved to the Junior start house of the track, located after turn 5. [15] Germany's Natalie Geisenberger complained that it was not a women's start but more of a kinder ("child" in German) start.
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] The rules of the International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation states that a g-force of 5 is the limit for the track. [11]
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 died at the 2010 Olympics. His cousin is in Beijing 12 years later to carry on his legacy.
Kazimierz Kay-Skrzypecki (58), Britain – Luge – 1964, Innsbruck. Kay-Skrzypecki died one day after a luge crash during practice at Innsbruck, which occurred eight days before the opening of the Games. [19] Nicolas Bochatay (27), Switzerland – Speed skiing (demonstration sport) – 1992, Albertville. Bochatay collided with a snow machine ...
It was also luge's first fatality (on an artificial track [14]) since 10 December 1975, when an Italian luger was killed. [15] Kumaritavili's teammate Levan Gureshidze withdrew prior to the first run of the event. [14] Women's singles and men's doubles start was moved to the Junior start house of the track, located after turn 6. [16]