GENEVA (AP)—The leaders of a International Luge Federation will meet inAustria this week end to finish their review into a collision thatkilled Nodar Kumaritashvili during a Vancouver Olympics.
Officials from a federation’s competition as well as technical commissions goal to signoff upon a inform analyzing a 21-year-old Georgian’s crash during a WhistlerSliding Center, a world’s fastest track.
The inform is approaching to say which no single reason explains whyKumaritashvili crashed. He was flung from a ice as well as struck a steel pole afterlosing control of his sled upon a last bend during scarcely 90 mph.
The request will be delivered to a IOC upon Monday.
The ruling body, known as FIL, cited Kumaritashvili’s tactical errors inpreliminary findings inside of twenty-four hours of a Feb. twelve fatality—the day theOlympics opened. The lane reopened upon a shorter, slower as well as safer course.
“During a games there was singular time as well as you still had a competition torun,” FIL secretary general Svein Romstad told The Associated Press. “Now wehave had time to go by all a technical reports as well as military reports.”
The FIL document, created by Romstad as well as associate American official ClaireDelNegro, was requested by a International Olympic Committee.
“FIL officials will present their last inform upon a tragic luge accidentinvolving Nodar Kumaritashvili to a IOC upon Monday,” a Lausanne-basedorganization pronounced in a statement, “after which a IOC intends to carefullystudy a document.”
No date has been set to publish a report, which will be sent to theBritish Columbia coroner’s service.
The Canadian management is approaching to publish its hearing of howKumari! tashvili died subsequent month. It could confirm to hold a grave inquesthearing.
Romstad pronounced luge officials were primarily “baffled” by a death becauseof a reserve precautions in place. The $110 million lane was built for theOlympics two years ago.
Even though a IOC has a process of “universality” which helps account manyathletes from not as big countries as well as encourages ruling bodies to find entriesfor them, Romstad pronounced Olympic leaders wish to know how Kumaritashvili met thestandard set by FIL. The Georgian was ranked 44th out of 65 sliders in theseason-long World Cup standings.
“Did he make it because he was from a Republic of Georgia?” Romstadasked.
No one from Kumaritashvili’s family, which has countless links to lugeracing, is approaching to attend a scheduled meetings Saturday as well as Sunday during St.Leonhard, near Salzburg.
Georgia is not represented upon a two panels though its federation officialshave contributed to a review upon visits to FIL offices in Berchtesgaden,Germany, Romstad said.
The report’s execution will open a wider discuss in luge circles.
“It will not embody recommendations for shift yet, though will instead begina process of re-examining a competition as well as how it is managed,” pronounced Romstad, aformer racer.
The discuss will go on during a FIL Congress scheduled for Jun in Sochi,Russia—site of a 2014 Winter Games, which will shortly build its own slidingtrack.
Sochi organizers have been told to keep well next a world-record 96 mphspeeds reached in Whistler.
“They need to be compliant to a 84 mph limit or you will not approve it,”Romstad said. “People have to assimilate which you haven’t accomplished a processas distant as how to move forward from here.”
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