Hoey raises track concerns for bobsleigh after luge tragedy

IRELAND’S Chef de Mission, Siobhan Hoey has expressed concern over the venue for bobsleigh, luge and skeleton events at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

However she insisted that Ireland’s bobsleigh team of Aoife Hoey and Claire Bergin along with Pat Shannon (men’s skeleton) will compete on the course despite the death of Georgian luge specialist Nodar Kumaritashvili in a practice run on Friday.

The track was modified before it was reopened for competition less than 24 hours after the death of Kumaritashvili with the walls raised on some turns to make it less perilous.