The death of 21-year-old Georgian bobsleist Kumaritashvili Nodar, who died a few hours before the opening of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver during a workout, shocked the world. First Vice-President of the Civil Code “Olimpstroy Viktor Pryadein at a press conference at the press center of the Sochi-2014″ said that this tragic incident will be taken into account when designing and building the bobsleigh track for the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.
Project bobsleigh track is not yet approved. We’ll make it to the examination in February. Immediately upon returning home, we once again consider the project for safety. We hope that the designer would take account of this sad experience, “- said Pryadein whose words cites RIA Novosti.
He also clarified to the drafting of the route “Rose Farm” brought the European and Canadian companies that have designed and built trails for the last five Winter Olympics.
According Pryadeina, already in February and November 2011 is planned to hold the first international competition in downhill on the track “Rose Farm. And in 2012 in Sochi will be the test of competition in the ice surfaces.