Luger Nodar Kumaritashvili of Georgia during practice seconds before crashing during a trial run for the men’s singles luge event at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. Video: Olympic Luger Dies
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Nodar Kumaritashvili of Georgia just before crashing and catapulting over the track wall into an unpadded steel pole. Rescue officials rushed to the scene and were performing chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation until Kumaritashvili was lifted into an ambulance. He did not survive.
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Georgian luger Nodar Muaritashvili mid-air as the Olympian tumbles over the wall of the world’s fastest track during the men’s luge practice at the Whistler Sliding Centre in preparation for the Vancouver Winter Olympics.
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Nodar Muaritashvili mid-crash.
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Georgian luger Nodar Muaritashvili was killed after crashing during practice Whistler Sliding Center.
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Nodar Muaritashvili crashes during the men’s luge practice.
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Rescue officials perform chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili after the Olympian crashed during practice. He did not survive.
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Officials give Nodar Kumaritashvili of Georgia chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation after the Olympic competitor crashed during a training run for the men’s singles luge event in preparation for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia. Kumaritashvili did not survive the crash.
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