BEIJING — When Saba Kumaritashvili took to the ice at the Yanqing sled-racing venue in the mountains near Beijing on Saturday he was facing some of the best lugers in the world. He was also facing a ...

ST. LEONHARD, Austria — The president of the International Luge Federation president acknowledged that the sport’s image has been damaged by Nodar Kumaritashvili’s death at the Vancouver Olympics.

VANCOUVER, Oct 4 (Reuters) - The death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili on the eve of the Vancouver Winter Olympics was accidental, but the incident raises safety issues for the sport, a ...

TBILISI, Georgia – The father of the Georgian luger killed at the Vancouver Olympics said Monday his son worried the track was too dangerous, but insisted on competing because he had come to the games ...

KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) Everyone knew the danger. An uneasiness hung in the frosted Canadian air four years ago. Nerves were on edge. For good reason. Just hours before the flame was ignited on ...

WHISTLER, British Columbia - As workers continued grooming the final curve, luge officials delayed the reopening of the Whistler Sliding Center track, one day after a 21-year-old slider from the ...

VANCOUVER, Feb 15 (Reuters) - The body of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili, who was killed in a training crash on the day the Vancouver Olympics were opened, will be flown home later on Monday ...