Luge athlete dies after crash

By News Staff

Posted Feb 12, 2010 03:47:23 PM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

A Georgian luger who was seriously injured in an Olympic training run, has died.

21-year-old Nodar Kumaritashvili was coming around the final 270-degree turn when he flipped off his sled and was hurled into a metal pole.

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