Missing Rider

Georgia luger Nodar Kumaritashvili perished during a training accident on Friday afternoon on the Olympic track in Whistler.

Toronto Star photo editor Bernard Weil was covering practice runs on Wednesday afternoon when a riderless sled came tumbling through turn 16 on the course… with the Georgian flag at the front of the rig.  Kumaritashvili had popped of his sled in his penultimate ride.