The loss of a fine young man and luge athlete from the Republic of Georgia, Nodar Kumaritashvili, during a training run the day before the games began, was difficult for the luge family, doubly so for the athletes. Nodar was a talented, up-and-coming slider by many reports, and he had earned the right to [...]

Scott competing in the 1988 US Olympic Trials, Lake Placid, NY   I’m devastated by the loss of an athlete I’ve never met, and honestly never even heard of. Nodar Kumaritashvili of the Republic of Georgia. In one of his final training runs before the opening of the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games tonight, and the [...]