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- Future of Whistler track uncertain
- "The future of this track is bright." That note of optimism was contained in a press release this weekend about the future of the Whistler Sliding Centre. more »
- IOC boss calls for safer track in 2014
- International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge has asked for a safer sliding track at the 2014 games in Sochi, Russia. more »
- Georgian luger dies in crash
- Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili died Friday in a horrific crash in an Olympic training run at Whistler, just hours before the opening ceremony. more »
- Funeral held in Georgia for Olympic luger
- Georgians hoping to watch one of the nation's most promising young athletes compete in the Vancouver Olympics gathered instead to mourn him Saturday, more than a week after the luger died in a practice run at the Whistler Sliding Centre. more »
- Turin's Olympic track also considered dangerous
- The death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili has been one of the biggest stories at these Olympics. Organizers have faced a significant amount of scrutiny surrounding the design of the Whistler track and numerous athletes have complained that the track was too fast and too dangerous. But complaints about a dangerous luge track are nothing new. During the Winter Games in Turin, sliding athletes also talked about the dangerous nature of that track. more »
- O'Connor: Luge death casts pall over Opening Ceremonies
- A horrific high-speed crash at the Whistler Sliding Centre cast a grim pall over the Olympic Opening Ceremonies in Vancouver on Friday night, while raising serious concerns over the safety of the icy track that cost young Nodar Kumaritashvili his life. more »
- Athlete had filed warnings about luge track
- An Olympic luge athlete injured in a crash at the Whistler Sliding Centre in November warned Canadian officials about safety hazards at the track months before a competitor was killed last week at the Vancouver Games in an accident on the same course. more »
- O'Connor: Search for answers continues in tragic luge death
- Ian Cockerline had never experienced anything like it. Nobody had. This was new territory. A man died. Instantly, and horrifically, doing something every competitor at the Whistler Sliding Centre loved to do: go fast. more »
- O'Connor: German lugers triumph after tragedy
- Flowers, stuffed animals, a photograph and two white candles, gently flickering in the chilled mountain air. All around the small, trackside memorial to Nodar Kumaritashvili, there was noise. more »
Medal Winners
| Men's Singles » | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | DEU | Felix Loch | 48.171 |
| 2. | DEU | David Moeller | 48.330 |
| 3. | ITA | Armin Zoeggeler | 48.459 |
| Women's Singles » | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | DEU | Tatjana Huefner | 41.617 |
| 2. | AUT | Nina Reithmayer | 41.839 |
| 3. | DEU | Natalie Geisenberger | 41.901 |
| Doubles » | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | AUT |
Linger Linger |
41.373 |
| 2. | LVA |
Sics Sics |
41.549 |
| 3. | DEU |
Leitner Resch |
41.474 |
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