標題: Report: VANOC was worried about luge track's safety [打印本頁] 作者: tiffiant 時間: 2011-2-7 00:57 標題: Report: VANOC was worried about luge track's safety
Report: VANOC was worried about luge track's safety
There were concerns almost a year before the deadly accident that killed Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili
The Canadian Press/ CBC/ The Globe and Mail/ News1130 Staff Feb 06, 2011 22:36:07 PM
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - A media investigation uncovered that Vancouver 2010 staff discussed the possibility of an athlete getting "badly injured or worse'' almost a year before a Georgian luger was killed on a practice run at the Games.
The CBC and Globe and Mail have obtained an email thread between officials with VANOC, after they received a copy of a March 2009 letter from the International Luge Federation to the track's designer.
The letter expressed concern about the track's speed.
VANOC managing director Tim Gayda writes at the start of the thread that "there is nothing to do on our side but it does put in writing concern about the speeds of the track if there was ever an incident.''
In another email, VANOC CEO John Furlong writes the letter is warning that "the track is in their view too fast and someone could get badly hurt.'' Furlong writes that if an athlete gets badly injured or worse "the case could be made we were warned and did nothing.''
That is in stark contrast to Furlong's comments after Nodar Kumaritashvili’s death saying VANOC was little prepared for the accident.
A coroner's report released in October, 2010 stated that speed and training decisions played roles in the horrific crash that killed the 21-year-old Nodar Kumaritashvili instantly on the Opening Day of the 2010 Winter Games.
Furlong is expected to comment on Monday.作者: tiffiant 時間: 2011-2-7 00:58
