On 18 February 2010, FIL President Josef Fendt issued the following statement:"At the conclusion of the luge competition at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games, our thoughts are with the family of Nodar Kumaritashvili.
Nekateri tekmovalci so dejali, da jih je med vožnjami strah, in so prikimavajoče sprejeli spremembe na progi.