BERCHTESGARDEN, Germany (AP) - The international luge federation says "no single reason" caused the death of Georgian racer Nodar Kumaritashvili in a training run at the Vancouver Olympics.
In a report released Monday by FIL, the sport's governing body says "what happened to Nodar has been an unforeseeable fatal accident."
FIL secretary general Svein Romstad says that "after an in-depth analysis we concluded that there was no single reason, but a complex series of inter-related events which led to this tragedy."
During training in February, only hours before the opening ceremony, Kumaritashvili was flung from the ice at the Whistler Sliding Center and struck a steel pole after losing control of his sled on the final curve.
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Luge federation: 'No single reason' caused death
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