Olympic Crash: The Luge Tragedy
Elise Amendola / AP
A First Run
Kumaritashvili took a first run on the track, which starts from a point
nearly 500 ft. (150 m) off the ground. At least one athlete has called it "an
elevator shaft with ice."
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