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[20] 12,000 spectators attended each of the five days of luge competition. [20] On 23 March 2010, FIL President Fendt, VANOC President John Furlong, 2010 men's singles gold medalist Felix Loch of Germany visited Kumaritashvili's grave in his hometown of Bakuriani to pay respects as part of tradition in the Georgian Orthodox Church. [21]
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]
Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total Natalie Geisenberger Germany (GER) Women's singles Team relay 2010–2022 6: 0: 1: 7 Tobias Arlt Germany (GER) Doubles Team relay 2014–2022 6: 0: 0: 6 Tobias Wendl Germany (GER) Doubles Team relay 2014–2022 6: 0: 0: 6 Armin Zöggeler Italy (ITA) Men's singles 1994–2014 2: 1: 3: 6 Georg Hackl West Germany ...
Luge is one of the seven Olympic sports currently contested at the Winter Olympic Games. [1] It has been a constant presence in the Olympic program since its introduction at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, [2] in the form of three events: men's singles, women's singles, and doubles.
Nodar Kumaritashvili died at the 2010 Olympics. His cousin is in Beijing 12 years later to carry on his legacy. ... whizzing down a luge track, completing one last training run before the Games ...
Tobias Arlt (born 2 June 1987) is a German luger, acting as a backdriver.He won a silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 2008 FIL World Luge Championships, a silver and a bronze at the 2010 FIL European Luge Championships, a gold medal at the FIL World Luge Championships 2013, and two gold medals at his debut Olympics, the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
While the IOC does not consider luge times eligible for Olympic records, the International Luge Federation (FIL) does maintain records for both the start and a complete run at each track it competes. The start and track records were set at the test event from the women's singles/ men's doubles start house for the 2010 Games on 20 February 2009.
Fuzilogik Sports – Winter Olympic results – Men's luge at the Wayback Machine (archived 21 February 2010) Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skeleton. at the Wayback Machine (archived 30 June 2007) Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton. at archive.today (archived 4 December 2012)