People offer prayers for dead Georgian luger

People offer prayers for dead Georgian luger

WHISTLER, Canada - A women and two children offer silent prayers at an altar set up next to the Medal Plaza in Wistler, north of Vancouver, in memory of Nodar Kumaritashvili, a 21-year-old luger from Georgia, who died after a crash during training just hours before the Vancouver Games.

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