Winter Olympics: Georgian Luge Slider Dies in Fatal Crash

[caseysmom]

Very sad

[Karen]

How sad, tragic, really.

[orangemm]

Awful awful thing to happen. We don't realize how dangerous this kind of sport can be.. We just see them zooming along and think "wow, what a great ride". Now I will be more aware when I see events of this kind.

Prayers for his family.

[Catty1]

I heard that he was airlifted to hospital - on the next newscast, he had died. Too, too tragic.

He was going at about 130kph/81MPH when his machine left the track and crashed into some kind of structure.

At the peak of his life, all he had trained for, a dream come true...

Prayers for his family and friends.

[lizbud]

I heard this on the evening news. They showed the film of the crash.
So sad.

[Alysser]

I love the winter olympics and was absolutely stunned by this news. May he rest in peace, in a way his dream did come true. He DID make it to the olympics.

I just watched as Georgia marched out, they all looked so solemn, I imagine some of them saw it and they were all friends.. So sad, and honestly they were all probably thinking "he should be marching out here with us".

[Catty1]

Alysser, the Georgian team was considering withdrawing from the Games, but decided to stay on to honour their teammate.

That team has my vote for Olympic heroes, whether they score a single medal or not.