The decision of Olympic officials to start the men’s Luge competition from the women’s starting point, a difference of 600 feet, irrevocably altered the event. Watching the event on television, the ...

Candles lit at an impromptu memorial at the base of the Olympic rings in Whistler after 21-year-old Georgian luge competitor Nodar Kumaritashvili was killed in a horrific training crash at the ...

When NBC kicked off its coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics on Friday night, it was with a much different introduction than originally planned. The broadcast started at 7:30 p.m. ET with a somber ...

In the wake of the gruesome death of Olympic luger Nodar Kumaritashvili in a training accident last week, Olympic officials have moved the starting points on the luge track to slow the course — which ...

The Luge event is a fast, dangerous event that is incredibly exciting to watch. The terrible tragedy on Friday is not typical of the event, though. Crashes happen, but the athletes usually are able to ...

The death of 21-year-old Nodar Kumaritashvili-- who crashed on his luge practice run just hours before the 2010 Winter Olympics began Friday in Vancouver--wasn't the first signal that something was ...