Luge is Saba Kumaritashvili’s family business. His great-grandfather is credited with bringing the sport to their homeland, the former Soviet republic of Georgia, more than a half-century ago. His ...

Gravitational force overpowered out-of-control Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili and left him unable to avoid the crash that claimed his life hours before the opening ceremony at the Vancouver ...

Saba Kumaritashvili's appearance at the 2022 Winter Olympics was brief. The Georgian luger failed to advance after three runs in men’s singles, placing 31st out of 34 athletes. However, for the ...

TBILISI, Georgia – The grieving father of a Georgian Olympic luger who died in a training run crash said he won’t watch the footage of his son’s death, and criticized Olympic officials for allowing ...

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The father of the Georgian luger killed during a training run at the Vancouver Olympics laments that his country will have no one competing in the luge when the games get ...

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) - An Olympic luge tournament that has opened without major incident at the Pyeongchang Games will have a note of sorrow on Monday, the eighth anniversary of the ...

WHISTLER, British Columbia – It took only three seconds. Sliding faster than ever in his life, 21-year-old Nodar Kumaritashvili had one turn left in his final Olympic training run. Flirting with 90 ...

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Feb 11 (Reuters) - An Olympic luge tournament that has opened without major incident at the Pyeongchang Games will have a note of sorrow on Monday, the eighth anniversary of ...