georgian pronounced november february georgian suffered fatal crash training run winter olympics competition canada day opening ceremony fourth athlete died winter olympics preparations british australian swiss speed seventh athlete die summer winter olympic games began came family seasoned relative founder organised georgia father competed younger cousin father head began competing world cup finished 55th outside student earned economics degree life career born november georgian present day georgia david sister years younger region grew ski hills enjoyed different winter sports started years old maintained rigorous training competition schedule graduated received bachelor degree economics devout member prayed local church leaving olympics family endured economic attended events driving days reach world cup events family long association father david won ussr youth championship georgia soviet_union aforementioned paternal cousin head related founder organized sports georgia season competition finished 55th competitors world cup entered races finished 28th competitors world cup event january fifth world cup event time death ranked 44th competitors world cup season regarded best come georgia accident death december cut date qualifications olympics ranked 38th overall raced minimum world cup races previous years qualified men singles event winter olympics olympic debut february fatally injured crash final training run lost control penultimate turn course thrown track striking unprotected steel support pole end run travelling mph moment impact test event record mph track prompting president comment makes worry seconds crash began minute plastic breathing tube inserted mouth hospital died injuries fatality december italian killed final run 25th track 13th men start georgian response shock mourning georgia footage death televised response accident georgian team announced consider opening ceremonies withdraw games entirely georgian minister sports culture later announced team stay vancouver efforts fallen seven members georgian olympic team wore black opening ceremony tied black ribbon georgian flag left space vacant procession mark respect greeted standing ovation assembled crowd immediately left procession moment silence held opening ceremonies honour memory canadian olympic flags lowered half staff learning death governor general canada ordered flags federal government buildings province british_columbia including olympic venues flown half staff midnight february fellow teammate compete withdrew crash telling teammates couldn went home attend funeral early morning february body arrived georgia munich germany reached hometown later day buried saturday february church attended thousands attended funeral feast day georgian president attended funeral service dressed georgian olympic uniform street childhood home located renamed honour responses stated death caused unsafe track measure walls exit curve raised ice profile adjusted added exposed metal beams near finish line olympic officials claimed changes safety reasons accommodate emotional state addition start men moved women starting point reduce speed start women moved farther track training runs track resumed february changes track finished including teammate participate training runs february decided fly georgia loss teammate athletes decided participate wore black stripe helmets honour march announced donation family georgia request effort rebuild family house international federation report april published final report death report found met criteria standards attributed accident driving errors starting curve accumulation ended impact resulted leaving track subsequently hitting post tragic result occurred result initial driving error hit wall curve exit track causing lose control entirely type accident seen unknown unpredictable dynamics crash calculation construction walls section track serve prevent tragedy happened report determined process later sessions track faster originally calculated calculations called speed mph highest speed recorded mph felt athletes able cope speed direction like sport head president written proposed track speeds exceed mph said determined prevent accidents occurring examine changes sport design track technology secretary general summarized happened fatal accident report british_columbia office investigated incident reported considering pieces evidence written complaints safety track crashed track november suffered severe concussion information suggesting track constructed present location near mountains commercial reasons despite site narrow steep track designer said track near use olympics don want ruin investment track terrain little steep according chief executive winter olympics organizing committee proposals build sliding centre near vancouver rejected early bid phase reservations expressed international skeleton report dated september ruled death accident brought convergence factors including high speed track technical difficulty athlete relative track wrote training runs reasonable assume sliding faster life attempting faster simultaneously struggling learn track dynamics created accepted carry element risk best practices known time followed construction track called require athletes engage mandatory training sessions prior olympic games major competitions responding report father said don accept statement lack experience wouldn won right olympics lacked experience davis mechanical professor issued report claiming crash probably caused joint lower edge curve vertical wall suggested right runner rose launching air president consortium involved construction track dismissed theory flawed stating data replicate ice surface site accident dimensions exist track built use winter olympics russia designed sections reduce speeds runs miles hour slower track
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