The opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics has not yet taken place, and the BBC reports there has already been a death at the games.Nodar Kumaritashvili, a 21-year old member of the Georgian luge team, died today during a training run at Whistler Sliding Centre in Vancouver, Canada. Apparently he crashed his sled during one of the turns and hit an unpadded steel pole.
The Olympic Games officially begin tonight, and competition in the men's luge is scheduled to begin tomorrow. Whether that schedule will be affected has not been determined.
