World Sports News:Luge Competitor Dies Before Olympics Open

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Sports News Online Blog is your one-stop resource for all things concerning sport. We provide regurlarly updating sport news and there are many interesting and useful sport articles to read upon.What a sad event to kick off the Olympic games. Nodar Kumaritashvili, a Georgian luge competitor, died after his sled went off the track just hours before the opening ceremonies. According to People, International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge (pictured), broke down

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What a sad event to kick off the Olympic games. Nodar Kumaritashvili, a Georgian luge competitor, died after his sled went off the track just hours before the opening ceremonies. According to People, International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge (pictured), broke down at a press conference announcing the death, saying, “This is indeed a sad day. I have no words to say.”

Kumaritashvili was just 21 years old. He was at the Whistler Sliding Centre in Whistler in British Columbia when he went off the track and “crashed into a steel pole at 90 mph.” Kumaritashvili ranked 44th in the standings.

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Luge Competitor Dies Before Olympics Open

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