Luge made its début as an Olympic sport at the 1964 Innsbruck Olympics, but it began with a tragedy, as 58-year-old British slider Kazimierz Kay-Skrzypecki crashed on a practice run. He survived the crash, but had sustained many fractures, including his skull and pelvis, and he passed away while in surgery the day after the accident. Kay-Skrzypecki, born in Poland, was a former RAF fighter pilot, and had become interested in luge at a relatively late age. A second Olympic competitor, Ross Milne would die in Innsbruck a few days later.
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