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 ...

YANQING, China — Nodar Kumaritashvili was four curves away from Georgian Olympic history when, on that chilling day in 2010, he lost control. One moment, he was furthering a family legacy, whizzing ...

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 ...

Saba Kumaritashvili's appearance at the 2022 Winter Olympics was brief. The Georgian luger failed to advance after three runs in men’s singles, placing 31st out of 34 athletes. However, for the ...

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 ...