Vancouver games death

In an interview with detectives, Spellman said he, Dickson and a third friend named Rob were playing Diablo II on an online gaming platform. The three players communicated via headset, according to an affidavit of probable cause. The game should have been password protected but was not, he said. Spellman said Dickson began yelling, name-calling and cursing at him, the affidavit says. He became upset with Dickson and told him he needed to calm down or he was going to get shot.

Spellman then took his gun and left his bunkhouse to go to the main house. While walking between the houses, he fired a round into the air, according to court records. Spellman entered the main house with the gun in his hand. Related Coverage. Speculation was rife about who would be given the honor of lighting the cauldron at the ceremony, with many tipping Wayne Gretzky as the man most likely after the former ice hockey great was spotted in the city this week. Vonn arrived worried that a bruised shin might stop her going for five gold medals in Alpine skiing but there was good news for her many fans on Friday as her husband revealed she was getting better all the time.

Training was suspended immediately after the crash, which made for unbearable viewing, and the IOC said an inquiry was under way. Like Rogge, Vancouver Games chief John Furlong had to fight back tears as he spoke of the death of Kumaritashvili, whose father is the head of the Georgia Luge Federation. I am told by members of his delegation that he was an incredibly spirited person. Nodar Kumaritashvili, 21, died after losing control of his sled on the final turn at Whistler mountain.

Officials immediately closed the track, which has been the subject of numerous complaints in recent days, as well as a dozen crashes.

Last night, Georgian athletes said they would compete, despite Kumaritashvili's death. The games organisers will be under severe pressure to make changes to the track, which is due to host the bobsleigh and skeleton bob events, as well as the luge. He slid on his back down several curves before coming to a stop and walking away. A Romanian luge competitor was briefly knocked unconscious and at least four Americans have had serious trouble just getting down the track. I mean, this is our lives.

The Vancouver sledding track stretches for almost a mile and has a drop of metres. It has long had a reputation as the fastest in the world and is generally considered to be 10mph "faster" than any other.