The father of a Georgian luger killed during training before the Vancouver Olympics says he won't watch video footage of his son's death. Nodar Kumaritashvili died Friday after he slammed into an ...

LONDON--Jacques Rogge approached the job of running the Olympics the same way he approached his work as a physician: Listen, ...

During the 1980 Winter Games in Lake Placid, New York, the US men's ice hockey team, composed of amateur college players, defeated the Soviet Union's professional team (which had won the previous four ...

(CNN) — Competitions at the Winter Olympics are defined by extremes: extreme air, extreme speed and extreme temperatures. On sliding tracks, athletes in luge, bobsled and skeleton break highway speed ...

The next day, Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili fatally crashed on the course, a tragic reminder of the sport’s danger. The most recent Winter Games at Beijing in 2022 had the fastest alpine skiing ...

Luge, one of the world's fastest and most dangerous sports, kicked off competition Saturday at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics. The nail-biting sport continues to be a Winter Olympics favorite, but ...