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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 ...
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 ]
Because of Kumaritashvili's death, the FIL worked with the organizing committee for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi over making the Sliding Center Sanki in Rzhanaya Polyana slower. [16] Despite the changes, and celebrations by the victorious athletes, Kumaritashvili's death overshadowed the race.
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.
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.
Kumaritashvili's father became angry after reports showed that VANOC didn't act on their own concerns about the luge track's safety. [10] 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.
Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili is killed after a crash at the Whistler Sliding Centre, during a training run for the 2010 Winter Olympics. (The Los Angeles Times) Nodar Kumaritashvili is remembered by the participants in the opening ceremony. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
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