Postage stamp in honor of deceased Olympian designed in Georgia

A postage stamp has been designed in honor of Georgian Olympian slider
Nodar Kumaritasvili, who died in an accident at this year Olympics in
Canada, reports Vzglyad.
Kumaritashvili qualified for the luge men's singles event at the 2010
Winter Olympics, which would have been his Olympic debut. On February
12th 2010, Kumaritashvili was fatally injured in a crash during a
training run at the Whistler Sliding Centre when he lost control on
the final turn of the course and was thrown off his luge and over the
sidewall of the track, striking an unprotected steel support pole at
the end of the run. He was travelling at 143.6 km/h (89.2 mph) at the
moment of impact.
President Saakashvili has promised to build a luge track in the name
of Kumaritashvili.

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