Standing Ovations for retiring Secretary General Romstad

Romstad Bratislava

Bratislava (RWH) Standing Ovations of the delegates at the 66th Congress of the International Luge Federation (FIL) celebrated the last speech of the retiring Secretary General Svein Romstad. Romstad, an American with Norwegian roots, in an emotional report made a journey through his 24 years in duty.

Romstad highlighted the introduction of the standard helmets, the voucher programme for training runs and the inclusion of the Team Relay into the programme of the Olympic Winter Games. The saddest incident during his career was the death of Georgia’s Nodar Kumaradtischvili during the final training of 2010 Olympic Winter Games at Vancouver (CAN). “I will never forget this day”, Romstad said.