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From today's featured article Memorial in Whistler to Kumaritashvili Nodar Kumaritashvili (1988–2010) was a Georgian luge athlete who suffered a fatal crash during a training run for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, on the day of the opening ceremony. He became the fourth athlete to die from practice at any of the Winter Olympics, and the seventh athlete to die from practice or competition at any of the Olympic Games. Kumaritashvili, who first participated in luge when he was 13, came from a family of seasoned lugers: his grandfather had introduced the sport to the Soviet republic of Georgia, and both his father and uncle had competed when they were younger, with his uncle later serving as the head of the Georgian Luge Federation. Kumaritashvili himself began competing in the 2008–09 Luge World Cup. He had also been a student at Georgian Technical University, where he earned an economics degree in 2009 while adhering to a strict training regimen and participating in competitions. (Full article...)
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Eighty-three individual athletes won medals at the 1928 Winter Olympics, which were held in St. Moritz, Switzerland, from February 11 to February 18, 1928. A total of 464 athletes from 25 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in the 1928 Winter Olympics. Athletes representing Norway far surpassed their competitors in the medal count, winning fifteen medals to the six won by the nearest NOC, the United States. Twelve of the participating NOCs secured at least one medal, and among these, six NOCs won at least one gold medal. Sonja Henie (pictured) of Norway won the gold medal in the women's individual figure skating competition, the first of three consecutive Winter Olympics at which she would do so. Competing with an injured knee, Swedish figure skater Gillis Grafström won the men's individual competition at the third consecutive Winter Games. Norwegian speed skater Bernt Evensen topped the medal count, winning one gold, one silver, and one bronze medal. (Full list...)
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Heinrich C. Berann (1915–1999) was an Austrian painter and cartographer. He achieved world fame with his panoramic maps that combined modern cartography with classical painting. Towards the end of his life, he created panoramic posters of four national parks of the United States, produced for and published by the National Park Service. This panorama, painted by Berann in 1989, depicts Yosemite National Park in California, looking generally northeastward. In the center of the image is Yosemite Valley, surrounded by granite summits including El Capitan and Half Dome, as well as Yosemite Falls. The peaks of the Sierra Nevada are visible in the background. Painting credit: Heinrich C. Berann
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