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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Saba Kumaritashvili pictured before a men’s race at the 52th FIL Luge European Championships in Sigulda, Latvia, in January 2021 ...

The Olympic mantra is “higher, faster, stronger” — a potentially deadly credo if safety takes a back seat to endorsement deals, advertising dollars, and national glory. When Olympic medals are on the ...

The International Luge Federation's 20-page - is that all his death deserved? - report into the horrific accident that killed Georgian Olympian Nodar Kumaritashvili is exactly what was expected: a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...