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Ratings in Germany for the luge events had six million viewers for the women's singles luge events, generating a 25.6 percent share and a 34 ranking according to ARD and ZDF. The last run of the men's singles event had a share of 30.3 percent (1.82 million viewers) while the third run of the event had been watched by 5.32 million viewers (17.1 ...
The men's luge at the 2010 Winter Olympics took place on 13–14 February 2010 at the Whistler Sliding Centre in Whistler, British Columbia. [1] Germany's Felix Loch was the two-time defending world champion and won the gold medal with the fastest time in each of the four runs. [2]
Furthermore, the Whistler Sliding Centre, which had recorded some of the fastest speeds in luge history, was the site of several non-fatal accidents during training runs leading up to the start of the games. [1] For more than a year prior to the Olympics, luge competitors had complained that the track was too fast and the turns were too dangerous.
On 12 February 2010, after 25 previous attempts, 15 of them from the men's start, Kumaritashvili was fatally injured in a crash during his final training run, [19] after losing control in the last turn of the course. He was thrown off his luge and over the sidewall of the track, striking an unpadded steel support pole at the end of the run.
The women's luge at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada took place on 15–16 February at the Whistler Sliding Centre in Whistler, British Columbia. [1] Germany 's Sylke Otto was the two-time defending Olympic champion . [ 2 ]
David Kumaritashvili, father of the Georgia luger Nodar Kumaritashvili who killed on an Olympic training run, shows a photo his son e-mailed from the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
Luge: World Cup men's singles and team relay at Oberhof, Germany, Sunday. Bobsled: World Cup two-man and two-woman at Sigulda, Latvia, Sunday. Skeleton: World Cup at Winterberg, Germany, on Jan. 3
Pages in category "2010 in luge" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 2009–10 Luge World Cup;