CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — The race for the medals in men's singles luge might already be down to three sliders. Germany’s Max Langenhan finished his two runs in 1 minute, 45.826 seconds on Saturday,
Extreme Velocity: Luge is officially the fastest sport in the Winter Olympics, with competitors routinely exceeding speeds of 145 km/h (90 mph). The world record for top speed on a luge sled is an astonishing 154 km/h (95.7 mph), set at the Whistler Sliding Centre.
At a glance, the common ground between the motorsports realm of NASCAR and the winter sport of luge should seem small. Then again, after a season-opening exhibition race for the stock-car crowd that faced snow and ice this past week,
The title for the fastest sport at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics belongs to luge. USA Luge is in pursuit of its first Olympic gold medal.
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Summer Britcher does not think a corpse could win an Olympic luge race. But she loved the ‘SNL’ joke
Summer Britcher, a USA Luge veteran, found herself the subject of a "Saturday Night Live" skit. The skit featured a character named Gertie Burper, a luge athlete with a striking resemblance to Britcher.
Luge, bobsled, and skeleton will take place at the Cortina Sliding Centre in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The new track, built specifically for the 2026 Winter Games, will hug the same mountain slope upon which the sliding sports took place during the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina. The track is named after Italian bobsled legend, Eugenio Monti.
Host Alexander Skarsgård plays a Milan Cortina-bound coach who's just trying to get his athlete to get on a sled.
Erin Hamlin-Hodge is stepping into a new role as a luge analyst for NBC’s coverage of the Winter Olympics. Hamlin-Hodge, who is a 2014 bronze medalist and the only female on Team USA to medal in singles luge,
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