JUST DON'T LUGE CONTROL

BANZAI7 NEWS--While announcing a major change to the luge competition, the Olympic organizing committee and the sport’s international governing body maintained Saturday morning that the Whistler Sliding Centre track was totally safe, saying changes were being made to satisfy the emotional state of the athletes rather than because of safety concerns which are secondary to excitement.

On Saturday, International Luge Federation Secretary General Svein Romtoyoda added that as Kumaritashvili lost control, the G-force “literally collapsed his body, rendering it difficult to control the sled.”

“Once this happened,” Romtoyoda said, “he was literally at the mercy of the path of the sled. This confirms that the sport is safe until the precise moment you luge control”