Track controversy hangs over Georgian luger’s funeral


BAKURIANI (Georgia): Mourners gathered in the Georgian ski resort of Bakuriani yesterday for the funeral of luger Nodar Kumaritash-vili, with unanswered questions about his death hanging heavy over the ceremony.

Grief over the 21-year-old’s tragic death during a training accident at the Winter Olympics mingled with anger over claims that Kumaritashvili, and not the track at the Whistler Sliding Centre, was to blame for the accident.

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