After the tragic death of 21-year-old Georgian athlete Nodar Kumaritashvili, the luge competition at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics will go ahead on Saturday according to organizers.
The athlete died when his sled flipped and he smashed into a steel pole at 90mph during a final training run at the Whistler Sliding Centre. Investigation took place by the coroners who have declared that the track was not to blame for the accident, even though there had been dozen of complaints made by fellow athletes before the accident occurred.
Georgia has announced that they will stay at the games as a mark of respect to their athlete. The International Luge Federation have made a statement saying that the track will reopen in Whistleron Saturday after the walls are raised at the exit of curve 16. They believe the mistake that Nodar made was at turn 15 and although he tried to correct the problem he eventually lost control on turn 16 resulting in the tragic accident
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http://www.inentertainment.co.uk/20100213/vancouver-2010-death-are-organisers-right-to-let-luge-event-continue/
They fixed the track.
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