Luge event to go ahead despite Kumaritashvili death

International Luge Federation officials say their Olympic competition will go ahead as planned after local coroners completed their on-track investigations into the death of Nodar Kumaritashvili.

International Luge Federation officials say their Olympic competition will go ahead as planned after local coroners completed their on-track investigations into the death of Nodar Kumaritashvili.

The governing body say no fault was found with the track and the competition will take place as scheduled at 5pm local time today (1am Irish time), with training runs resuming prior to that.

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