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By 31 December 2009, the cut-off date for luge qualifications for the Olympics, Kumaritashvili was ranked 38th overall. He qualified for the luge men's singles event at the 2010 Winter Olympics, his Olympic debut, by racing in five World Cup races over two years. [10]
Car crash. [38] 21 Jan 2007: Maria Cioncan Romania: 29: 1500 metres: Car accident. [39] 3 Nov 2007: Ryan Shay United States: 28: Marathon: Collapsed during the U.S. marathon trials for the 2008 Olympics, died due to heart failure and cardiac arrhythmia. [40] 16 Jun 2008: Tom Compernolle Belgium: 32: 5000 metres: Car accident. [41] 29 Aug 2010 ...
In addition, another 16 participants have died at the Olympics from other causes; 11 of these deaths were from the Munich massacre. Several incidents related to the Olympics have caused the death of non-participants. Large numbers were killed during the Lima football riot of 1964 and the Tlatelolco massacre in Mexico City in 1968.
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[7] One crash occurred on the 19th for the two-woman event when Dutch bobsledder Esme Kamphuis crashed out in the final corners of the track. [7] Minor changes were made to the track on 22 February 2010 after bobsleigh four-man teams from Latvia and Croatia rolled over in supplementary training. [8]
Before Olympian Shaun White took to the slopes in 2010 men's halfpipe, an NBC correspondent asked how he thought his gold medal performance four years ago in Turin would stand up to the ...
Silver medallist Italy's Sofia Goggia (L) and bronze medallist Italy's Nadia Delago (R) celebrate with their team during the women's downhill victory ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.
After the stock market crash of 2008, there had been increasing concerns that Games-related projects would not meet their economic targets. The Olympic Village development, for example, was originally intended to make a profit, but at least one critic estimated it would be millions in debt. Olympic organizers did not comment on this estimate. [108]