Georgian Luger Nodar Kumartashvili, 21 year-old has died following an horrific crash during practice, just hours before the 2010 Winter Olympic Games were due to open in Vancouver.
According to the witnesses, everything was going right and he was just near to end his practice run that suddenly something went wrong, he lost the control over his sled and hit with a steel pole. Hurriedly, rescue crew performed chest compressions to restore his breathe. He was, then, shifted to a nearby hospital where he lost his life. Earlier, a video was also swirling around on YouTube but now, Google has put the video down.
Very horific…my heart goes out to his family…im very very sad…