Curve 16 at Whistler Sliding Center, where Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritishvili went over the track wall and struck an unpadded steel pole.

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Curve 16 at Whistler Sliding Center, where Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritishvili went over the track wall and struck an unpadded steel pole.

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Bulgaria's Peter Iliev competing in Luge Men's Singles Run 1 at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

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Russia's Stepan Fyodorov competing in Luge Men's Singles Run 1 at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

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Russia's Viktor Kneib competing in Luge Men's Singles Run 1 at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

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Russia's Viktor Kneib competing in Luge Men's Singles Run 1 at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

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Russia's Albert Demchenko competing in Luge Men's Singles Run 1 at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

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Russia's Albert Demchenko competing in Luge Men's Singles Run 1 at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

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Russia's Albert Demchenko, center, competing in Luge Men's Singles Run 1 at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

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Russia's Albert Demchenko competing in Luge Men's Singles Run 1 at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

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Russia's Albert Demchenko, right, preparing to compete in Luge Men's Singles Run 1 at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

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Tony Benshoof of the United States, foreground, competing in Luge Men's Singles Run 1 at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Tony Benshoof

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Germany's Felix Loch competing in Luge Men's Singles Run 1 at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

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