Nodar Kumaritashvili was killed in a horror crash in training at the Vancouver Winter Olympics after he was thrown from his sled at high-speed before smashing into a metal pillar. The 21-year-old Kumaritashvili suffered the crash during his second training run at one of the fastest points near the bottom of the track at the Whistler Sliding Centre on the final 270-degree turn.
Nodar Kumaritashvili
- Birthdate: November 25, 1988
- Weight: 176 lbs (80 kg)
- Height: 5’10” (1.79 m)
- Age: 21 years
- Gender: Male
Dodo Kharazishvili, mother of late Georgian olympic luger Nodar Kumaritashvili, who died in a training run crash at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, cries while looking at photos of her son at their home in the town of Bakuriani, a top ski resort in the Caucasus Mountains, 180 km (111 miles) of Tbilisi, Georgia, on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. The grieving father of the late Georgian Olympic luger, David Kumaritashvili, said he won't watch the footage of his son's death, and criticized Olympic officials for allowing athletes to use the lightning-fast track. Nodar Kumaritashvili, 21, died after he slammed into an unpadded steel pole while traveling nearly 90 mph during Friday's practice run.(AP Photo)
David Kumaritashvili, father of a Georgian Olympic luger Nodar Kumaritashvili, who died in a training run crash at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, seen at their home town of Bakuriani, a top ski resort in the Caucasus Mountains, 180 km (111 miles) of Tbilisi, Georgia, on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010.
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