The track where Nodar Kumaritashvili crashed is going to remake

The special commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), created at the direction of the President of the organization Jacques Rogge, studies the causes of the tragedy on the Sanno-Bobslane highway in Wistler, where on Friday a few hours before the opening ceremony of the 2010 Olympic Games, the Georgian Sledon Nodar Kumaritashvili crashed.

The commission may make changes to the regulations of the competition - transfer the start to a lower point to reduce speed, raise the sides so that there is no way to fly out of the highway. The developer of the sanctous-bebslane route in Wistlero Udo Gürgel also expressed the opinion that the object should be redone.

“I am so sorry for this guy. This is a tragic and shocking news. We developed and created six Olympic tracks, and no one has ever lost control on them,” RIA Novosti quoted Gorgel. - Now we must decide how we can modify the track. At the finish segment, we can increase the height of the sides from 40 to 50 centimeters. "

The Georgian Sledalnik Nodar Kumaritashvili died after during the training race did not cope with the control of the sleigh at a speed of about 140 km/h and hit a metal limiter greatly. He flew out in the last turn of the highway, into which athletes are at an angle of 270 degrees. From the blow, the 21-year-old native of Borjomi lost consciousness and the medical personnel of the route had to do a direct massage of the heart of the victim at the scene of the accident, after which he was sent to the hospital by helicopter, where the athlete died.

Urgel's Urgel admitted that the route is fast enough, but added that the finish section is arranged so that nothing extraordinary should happen on it. "At the finish, the athlete's speed is about 120 km/h, so the sled must be controlled. Kumaritashvili must have passed the last turn with a bullet speed," the engineer said.

According to the coach of the Russian sanctuary of Russia, Mikhail Zavyalov, the causes of the death of the Georgian Sanctor was the actions of the route organizers, who did not provide the necessary level of security.

“There was no guilt of the athlete, mainly the persons conducting the competitions, since they did not provide conditions for him to not fly out. They closed the tents on the last races, although according to the rules of the competition they should not have done this, the athlete of not only low class could lose orientation, but, for example, Albert Demchenko would be difficult to cope with the control in such conditions. - Nodar drove the track perfectly only when he drove under the tents at the last 50-80 meters, he lost his orientation. "

In his opinion, the death of Kumaritashvili is an unprecedented case in the history of sanarium sports. “In the whole history, in my practice there was no such thing, neither in Russia, nor abroad, especially at the Olympic Games. Injuries are happening, but this is not the case,” the expert emphasized.

The incident in Winsler will be taken into account when building a route in Sochi

A tragic incident that occurred with the Georgian athlete on the highway in Winsler on the opening day of the Olympics in Vancouver will be taken into account when designing and building a sanitary-bobslane route for the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, the first vice-president of Olympstroy Group of Companies Viktor Prydein said at a press conference in the press center "Sochi-2014".

"The project of the sanctous -bebsle route has not yet been approved. We will make it for examination in February. Immediately upon returning home, we will once again consider the security project. We hope that the designer will take this sad experience," said Spensein.