Nodar Kumaritashvili
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FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 12, 2010 file photo, the sled belonging to Nodar Kumaritashvili of Georgia sits empty on the track just after he crashed during a training run for the men's singles luge at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. Kumaritashvili died when he lost control of his sled at nearly 145 kph (90 mph), flew off course and slammed into a steel pole. The horrifying death of Kumaritashvili cast a pall over the Vancouver Games, raised questions about track safety and design and changed Olympic luge forever. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)
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FOR STORY GEORGIA LUGER - In this photo taken Friday, Jan. 17, 2014 David Kumaritashvili, father of the Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili killed during a training run at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, sits in the room of his son at home in Bakuriani, Georgia. David Kumaritashvili laments that his country will have no one competing in the luge event when the games get under way next month in nearby Sochi. His son, Nodar Kumaritashvili, died when he lost control of his sled at nearly 145 kph (90 mph), flew off course and slammed into a steel pole. He was 21 and preparing to compete in his first Olympics halfway around the world in Vancouver, Canada. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)
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FOR STORY GEORGIA LUGER - FILE In this Friday, Feb. 12, 2010 file photo the sled belonging to Nodar Kumaritashvili of Georgia is seen just after he crashed during a training run for the men's singles luge at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia. Nodar Kumaritashvili died when he lost control of his sled at nearly 145 kph (90 mph), flew off course and slammed into a steel pole. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)
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FOR STORY GEORGIA LUGER - In this photo taken Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, David Kumaritashvili, father of the Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili killed during a training run at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, holds a helmet bearing a portrait of his son in his son's room at home in Bakuriani, Georgia. David Kumaritashvili laments that his country will have no one competing in the luge event when the games get under way next month in nearby Sochi. His son, Nodar Kumaritashvili, died when he lost control of his sled at nearly 145 kph (90 mph), flew off course and slammed into a steel pole. He was 21 and preparing to compete in his first Olympics halfway around the world in Vancouver, Canada. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)
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FOR STORY GEORGIA LUGER - In this photo taken Friday, Jan. 17, 2014 David Kumaritashvili, father of the Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili killed during a training run at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, stands at the grave of his son in Bakuriani, Georgia. David Kumaritashvili laments that his country will have no one competing in the luge event when the games get under way next month in nearby Sochi. His son, Nodar Kumaritashvili, died when he lost control of his sled at nearly 145 kph (90 mph), flew off course and slammed into a steel pole. He was 21 and preparing to compete in his first Olympics halfway around the world in Vancouver, Canada. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)
