体坛英语新闻：IOC releases report on Kumaritashvili's death

TBILISI, April 20 (Xinhua) -- A highly anticipated report on the death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili at the Vancouver Winter Olympics was released on Monday by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

The report was written by the International Luge Federation ( FIL) and examined the events leading up to and immediately following Kumaritashvili's catastrophic crash during a training run at the Whistler Sliding Center on Feb. 12, the opening day of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.

Kumaritashvili was thrown from the Whistler Sliding Center track because his sled "compressed" and then acted like a catapult, said the report into his death released on Monday.

"This bowing of the sled has not been seen before and was therefore not predictable by technical and safety experts," said the report by FIL. "No athlete would have control in dealing with this type of catapult effect."