WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT A slew of deaths haunt the historic games with the most dangerous sports seeming to be the luge ...

Saba Kumaritashvili pictured before a men’s race at the 52th FIL Luge European Championships in Sigulda, Latvia, in January 2021 (AP) When Saba Kumaritashvili takes to the ice in Beijing, his cousin’s ...

And while accidents and injuries are common during competition, it’s rare that an athlete dies while competing in their sport ...

Behind the glory and spectacle lie moments that shook the Olympic world to its core. Join us as we explore the darkest ...

Luge, one of the world’s fastest and most dangerous sports, kicked off competition Saturday at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics. The nail-biting sport continues to be a Winter Olympics favorite, but ...

YANQING, China — Nodar Kumaritashvili was four curves away from Georgian Olympic history when, on that chilling day in 2010, he lost control. One moment, he was furthering a family legacy, whizzing ...

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 ...

Luge is the fastest sport of the Winter Olympics. The sport features a high risk of devastating injuries. With the athletes reaching speeds over 140 km/h (87 mph) on icy tracks, they are prone to ...

The Winter Olympics has seen tragic deaths over the years, including a Georgian luger who crashed into a metal pole and a teenage skier who hit a tree during training ...

LONDON – The international luge federation blamed the death of Georgian racer Nodar Kumaritashvili on his driving mistakes, saying a “complex series of interrelated events” led to the fatal crash ...

Saba Kumaritashvili competed in men’s singles 12 years after his cousin, Nodar, was killed in a training accident at the Vancouver Games. By Jonathan Abrams Nodar Kumaritashvili was on the verge of ...

WHISTLER, British Columbia -- The ice was slick, quartz white and stony silent as Bjoern Dyrdahl walked the length of the track that, within hours, would become a chute of death. The Norwegian's ...