Nodar Kumaritashvili, age 21, a Georgian luge slider competing at the Vancouver Olympics, died on Friday after crashing during a training run and hitting a metal pole.

According to the Vancouver Sun, Kumaritashvili was traveling at speeds greater than 90 miles per hour at the time of the crash. The luge track had been called the fastest ever, and the AP notes that concerns were raised even before the fatal crash

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