Topic: Jacques Rogge
AP News | 2010-02-13 12:16:27
<div id="subtitle">Georgian athletes mourn fallen teammate, adding somber note to Vancouver opening ceremony</div><div><p>They marched in more like an honor guard than an Olympic delegation, standing out for their stoicism — black armbands and black scarves marking their grief, their faces still and almost determined.</p> ...
AP News | 2010-02-13 08:30:06
Nikolos Rurua, center, Georgia's Minister for Culture and Sport, speaks about the death of Georgian luge athlete Nodar Kumaritashvili to members of the media at the main press center for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Friday ...
Reuters US Online Report Sports News | 2010-02-13 03:48:47
<div><p>VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Olympic athletes wore black armbands at the Opening Ceremony on Friday to pay tribute to a Georgian luge competitor who died in a crash hours before the Vancouver Games opened.</p><p>International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge, dressed in a somber dark suit instead of his traditional ...
AP News | 2010-02-13 00:02:55
In this frame grab taken from video provided by the IOC Media Broadcast, Georgian luge athlete Nodar Kumaritashvili loses control of his sled and crashes during a high-speed training run at the Olympic Sliding Center in Whistler, British Columbia, Friday ...
