By Karolos Grohmann
BERLIN, Apr 19 (Reuters) - The genocide of Georgian lugerNodar Kumaritashvili, killed during a precision run during theVancouver Olympics, was not caused by a single single event, theInternational Luge Federation (FIL) pronounced upon Monday.
Kumaritashvili mislaid carry out as well as slammed in to an exposedsteel post during his last precision run during a WhistlerSliding Centre upon Feb. 12, hours prior to a Games’ openingceremony.
His genocide was a primary of a luge contestant in competitionsince 1975.
“What happened to Nodar has been an unforeseeable fatalaccident,” pronounced FIL Secretary General Svein Romstad in astatement.
“After an in-depth research you concluded which there was nosingle reason, though a formidable series of inter-related eventswhich led to this tragedy.”
The inform pronounced Kumaritashvili’s run appeared normal goinguntil after exiting bend 15. “At which time Nodar appears tohave hung upon to a bend as well long,” it said.
“This resulted in him being sent to a right palm side ofthe straight line (going in to bend 16) when he steered a sledout of which bend instead of being left of centre upon thestraightaway which is a preferred positioning starting in to curve16.
CATAPULT EFFECT
“Nodar appears to have strike a wall during anexceptional angle which caused a sled to restrict rsther than thanbreak or rebound off. This resulted in a sled serving as acatapult when it decompressed rising him as well as a sledinto a air.”
It pronounced a “catapult effect” of a sled sent a lugerover a wall onto a outside of a track.
“Due to a unusual behaviour of a sled during a impulse ofimpact, a sled was legalised by both a military andFIL expert! s to det ermine if there were any deficiencies in sledconstruction.”
The inspection showed a sled met all criteria.
An primary FIL inform a day after a pile-up put a blame onhuman blunder by a 21-year-old as well as a Olympic competitions wentahead, nonetheless a starting mark was lowered to reduce thespeed of a quick lane as well as a wall was erected to cover thepillars.
The IOC has pronounced it had a dignified responsibility though not alegal one, with a association as well as organisers responsible forthe building a whole of a lane as well as a staging of competitions.
(Editing by Justin Palmer; To query or comment upon this storyemail sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)
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