Editing Luge (section)

==Risks==
As with many [[extreme sports]], luging has risks. Though most injuries involve bumps, bruises, broken bones and concussions, fatalities do occasionally occur. [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] luger [[Nodar Kumaritashvili]] suffered a fatal crash during his final practice run for the [[2010 Winter Olympics]] on the [[Whistler Sliding Centre]] in [[Whistler, British Columbia]], Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/02/12/olympic.luge.crash/index.html|title=Olympic Luger Dies on Track Where Speed Caused Concern|website=[[CNN]]}}</ref> Hours later, the [[International Luge Federation]] concluded that the accident was caused by a steering error and not a track error; nevertheless, changes to the track were made before the re-opening.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-news/n/news/fil-statement-on-mens-luge-competition_274462nE.html |title=Joint VANOC/FIL statement |publisher=Vancouver2010.com |access-date=2011-11-25 |archive-date=13 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213085549/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-news/n/news/fil-statement-on-mens-luge-competition_274462nE.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Kumaritashvili was the fourth athlete to die while in preparation for a Winter Olympics competition, following speed skier [[Nicolas Bochatay]], aged 27, who died while preparing for the [[Albertville 1992]] games; and [[United Kingdom|British]] luger [[Kazimierz Kay-Skrzypecki]] and skier [[Ross Milne (alpine skier)|Ross Milne]], aged 19, who both died in the run-up to the [[Innsbruck 1964]] games.<ref name=":3" />