Lausanne (pps) The International Luge Federation, FIL, has established a working group under the caption “Safety – Health - Sustainability”. According to a decision of the Executive Board taken during the Autumn Meeting, FIL Secretary General Svein Romstad (USA) will assume control of this group. The already existing working group “Sustainability” under the leadership of Claire DelNegro (USA) will be integrated within this group. Aim of the „Working Group Safety–Health-Sustainability” is to concentrate the entire expert knowledge of all relevant areas such as medicine, sports, event organization, track construction, engineering and athletes in order to carefully check out all aspects of the sport of luge and to thus achieve an integral approach with regard to artificially-refrigerated luge tracks and events. The members of this new working group will be appointed by the FIL Presidium.