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2010 Winter Olympic Games
The 2010 Winter Olympic Games began with tragedy. Nodar Kumaritashvili, a luger from Georgia, died in an accident while practicing.
The track Kumaritashvili was practicing on has the longest drop of all luge courses at 152 meters. He was going 90 mph when he lost control of his sled, flew over a wall, and was thrown into a metal support beam. He was knocked unconscious immediately, given CPR and was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Athletes to watch in Vancouver
Since Sep. 30, 2003, the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) has been preparing for the 2010 Olympic Winter games. According to the official Olympic website, VANOC’s mission is to “Touch the soul of the nation and inspire the world by creating and developing an extraordinary Olympic and Paralympic experience with lasting legacies.”