Nodar Kumaritashvili was killed when his luge sledge flew off the track while training at the Vancouver Games just hours before the opening ceremony.
Saba Kumaritashvili is 21, the same age Nodar was when he died.
Yet the family's tragedy helped fuel the surviving cousin's ambition to pursue the high-speed sport on ice and race at a Winter Games.
"I think about Nodar -- I think about him all the time," said Kumaritashvili, who raced in Saturday's men's singles heats at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre, finishing 30th and 31st. Читать дальше...