Three professional lugers have died as a result of crashes. In 1964 Kazimierz Kay-Skrzypecki of Great Britain died after crashing during a training run prior to that year’s Winter Olympics. Five years later Polish luger Stanisław Paczka died after crashing during a world championship competition in Königssee, Germany. Nodar Kumaritashvili, a luger from Georgia, was killed after crashing into a steel column during a practice run shortly before the opening ceremony of the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.
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