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Monday 19 April 2010 9:12 pm

Whistler track ‘too fast’

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WINTER OLYMPICS: Luge officials have admitted that the Whistler track which claimed the life of Georgian Nodar Kumaritashvili at the 2010 Olympics was faster than it was designed to be.

But an FIL report said that “no single reason” could account for his death.

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