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Death loomed large over luge: Germany may have owned the podium in luge at the Vancouver Olympics, but the competition will always be associated with the tragic death of Georgia's Nodar Kumaritashvili.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Germans dominate men's luge, Edney 7th: Germany's Felix Loch and David Moeller finished 1-2 in the men's singles luge competition Sunday at the Whistler Sliding Centre.
Huefner gives Germany another luge gold: Germany's Tatjana Huefner captured the gold medal during the women's luge competition at the Vancouver Olympics.
Luge coach says athlete's death saved lives: The coach and uncle of the Georgian luger killed during a practice run at the Vancouver Olympics says the athlete's death has saved the lives of other competitors.
An awkward conversation between 2 brothers...: "Bro! I have an amazing idea. How would you like to win a gold medal with me at the Olympics?"
Luge doubles medals all in the families: Austrian brothers Wolfgang and Andreas Linger on Wedneday won their second consecutive gold medal in men's doubles luge at the Whistler Sliding Centre.
Women's lugers adjust to altered course: The women's singles lugers did their best to adjust to an abbreviated course and entrance curve, with some experiencing difficulties, awkwardly bobbing through the curve, and others mastering it.
Olympic track didn't cause luger's death: officials: Olympic officials decided late Friday night against any major changes in the track or any delays in competition, and even doubled up on the schedule, in the wake of the horrifying accident that killed a 21-year-old luger from the Republic of Georgia.
Quick to blame in luge: Officials treated the death of a luge athlete less as a tragedy than as an inconvenience. Meanwhile, some argue safety took a back seat to patriotism...
Arthur: Track changes are too little, too late: A day later, and the great Olympic machine tried its best to grind forward
Driver error led to death: Staudinger: Canadian luge coach Wolfgang Staudinger told reporters Saturday that he believes driver error, not the lightning-fast Whistler course, led to the death of 21-year-old Georgian slider Nodar Kumaritashvili in a training run crash at the Vancouver Olympics.
O'Connor: Lugers say modified Whistler track is too slow: The Whistler Sliding Centre reopened for business early Saturday, as the lugers took their final practice runs before the real racing began later in the day.
Georgia plans lasting tributes to luger: Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said on Saturday in Vancouver that his country plans to honour Nodar Kumaritashvili in a number of ways, but was also was critical of the circumstances that led to the luger's tragic death.
Olympic tragedy: A history: The potential for serious injury and death is substantially higher in Winter Olympic sports, where athletes hurl themselves off the faces of mountains and rocket down chutes carved out of unyielding ice.