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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]
This is a list of approximately 100 accidents that killed or seriously injured all or part of a major sports team. The list is organized into two sortable tables, summarizing aviation accidents and non-aviation accidents.
American Airlines Flight 5342 and a U.S. Army Black Hawk collided in Washington, D.C. Authorities believe all 67 on board both aircraft died.
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.
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (Reuters) -Less than three months from the Olympic Games in Paris, Brazilian athletes from the devastated southern state of Rio Grande do Sul are giving up their dreams to ...
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 ...
The following is a list of notable deaths in February 2010. ... murder victim. [155] Pio ... team member for the 2010 Winter Olympics, training accident.
On the morning following the accident, Lebanese authorities reported locating the accident site 3.5 kilometres (1.9 nmi) off the coast from the village of Na'ameh, in 45 metres (148 ft) of water. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] [ 6 ] The search for survivors was carried out by the Lebanese Army , [ 17 ] using Sikorsky S-61 helicopters, the Lebanese Navy and ...