He Died In a crash for the while practicing for the 2010 Winter Olympics
Four athletes have died during the Olympics: Kazmierz Kay-Skrzypeski, luge - 1964 Winter Olympics at Innsbruck Ross Milne, alpine skiing - 1964 Winter Olympics at Innsbruck Nicolas Bochatay, speed skiing (demonstration) - 1992 Winter Olympics at Albertville Nodar Kumaritashvili, luge - 2010 Winter Olympics at Vancouver
Georgian Nodar Kumaritashvili, a 21 year old German bobsledder who crashed on the Whistler mountain when he lost control of his sled at the final turn
Yes, the most recent death was Luger Nodar Kumaristashvili, who died in a practice run before the 2010 winter Olympic games officially started.
Georgia, part of the former Soviet Union
Nodar Kumaritashvili
Georgian Luger Nodar Kumaritashvili
A Georgian luger named Nobar Kumartashivili
They will be in Vancouver. I was watching and someone died in the luge competition. It was sad. ... May he rest in peace.
It wasn't a bobsled, it was a luge, a small single man sled. The man who died was Nodar Kumaritashvili, a Georgian on a practice run.
so far, 2 have died and 111 injured because of a bomb in 1996.
I dont know about the mongolians Olympics, but someone died in the Vancouver Olympics.