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On 15 June 2009, the FIL announced their jury members for the 2010 Winter Olympics. The jury was to be headed by Josef Benz (Switzerland, chair of the FIL Sport Commission. Other jury members included Zianbeth Shattuck-Owen (United States), luge manager for the 2002 Games, and Markus Schmidt (Austria), men's singles bronze medalist at the 1992 ...
Natalie Geisenberger of Germany is the most successful Olympic luger, having won six gold medals and a bronze attained in four consecutive Olympics (three golds and a bronze in singles, and 3 golds in team relay). Armin Zöggeler is the only athlete to have won one medal in a single individual event in six Olympics (furthermore consecutive).
By 31 December 2009, the cut-off date for luge qualifications for the Olympics, Kumaritashvili was ranked 38th overall. He qualified for the luge men's singles event at the 2010 Winter Olympics, his Olympic debut, by racing in five World Cup races over two years. [10]
Nodar Kumaritashvili died at the 2010 Olympics. His cousin is in Beijing 12 years later to carry on his legacy. 2022 Olympics: Saba Kumaritashvili lives out late cousin's dream [Video]
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]
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. (AP) (ap)
Five-Time Olympian Mark Grimmette new USA Sports Program Director. at the Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course (April 29, 2010 article accessed April 29, 2010.) Fuzilogik Sports – Winter Olympic results – Men's luge; Hickoksports.com results on Olympic champions in luge and skeleton. Hickok sports information on World champions in ...
The International Luge Federation said Thursday that “human error" caused a Polish athlete to crash and suffer serious leg injuries in a training run this week at the track built for this winter ...