Luge is both a small one- or two-person sled and an Olympic sport that uses it. The rider lies supine, face up and feet first, begins seated and pushes off from handles on either side of the start ramp, then steers by flexing the runners with the calf muscles or by pressing the opposite shoulder against the pod. Racing sleds weigh 21 to 25 kilograms for singles and 25 to 30 kilograms for doubles. Luge is not the same as skeleton, a face-down, head-first sport in the bobsleigh family that is run under the same international federation as bobsleigh, whereas luge is organised separately by the International Luge Federation (FIL). It is the fastest of the three sliding sports, with speeds above 140 km/h, and Austrian luger Manuel Pfister reached 154 km/h on the Whistler track before the 2010 Winter Olympics. Lugers race against a timer, and on artificial tracks times are taken to one millisecond. The word luge is first recorded in 1905, from a Savoy and Swiss dialect word for a small coasting sled.
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The sport of luge, like the skeleton and the bobsleigh, originated in the health-spa town of St Moritz, Switzerland, in the mid-to-late 19th century
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Luge is also the name of an Olympic sport that employs that sled and technique.
Georg Hackl, Wikipedia
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Georg Hackl (born 9 September 1966), often named Hackl Schorsch (German pronunciation: [ˈhakl̩ ʃɔʁʃ] ), is a German former luger who was three time Olympic and World Champion.
Nodar Kumaritashvili (Wikipedia)
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Nodar Kumaritashvili (Georgian: ნოდარ ქუმარიტაშვილი; pronounced [nodaɾ kʰumaɾitʼaʃʷili]; 25 November 1988-12 February 2010) was a Georgian luge athlete who suffered a fatal crash during a training run for the 2010 Winter Olympics competition in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, on the day of the opening ceremony.
Ute Oberhoffner (Wikipedia)
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East German luger
Manfred Stengl (Wikipedia)
Played By: Manfred Stengl, LeadQuote, Played By: Manfred Stengl, Lead
was an Austrian luger, bobsleigher and motorcycle road racer
Gerda Weissensteiner (Wikipedia)
Played By: Gerda Weissensteiner, LeadQuote, Played By: Gerda Weissensteiner, Lead
is an Italian luger and bobsleigh pilot
Werner Hoeger (Wikipedia)
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is a former luge athlete
Johannes Ludwig (Wikipedia)
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Johannes Ludwig (born 14 February 1986) is a retired Olympic gold medal-winning German luger
Natalie Geisenberger (Wikipedia)
Played By: Natalie Geisenberger, LeadQuote, Played By: Natalie Geisenberger, Lead
is a retired German luger
Tobias Wendl (Wikipedia)
Played By: Tobias Wendl, LeadQuote, Played By: Tobias Wendl, Lead
is a German luger
Tobias Arlt (Wikipedia)
Played By: Tobias Arlt, LeadQuote, Played By: Tobias Arlt, Lead
is a German luger
Armin Zöggeler (Wikipedia)
Played By: Armin Zöggeler, LeadQuote, Played By: Armin Zöggeler, Lead
is a retired Italian luger
Felix Loch (Wikipedia)
Played By: Felix Loch, LeadQuote, Played By: Felix Loch, Lead
is a German luger and Olympic champion
Tatjana Hüfner (Wikipedia)
Played By: Tatjana Hüfner, LeadQuote, Played By: Tatjana Hüfner, Lead
is a German retired luger
Mārtiņš Rubenis (Wikipedia)
Played By: Mārtiņš Rubenis, LeadQuote, Played By: Mārtiņš Rubenis, Lead
is a retired Latvian luger
David Gleirscher (Wikipedia)
Played By: David Gleirscher, LeadQuote, Played By: David Gleirscher, Lead
is an Austrian luger
Max Langenhan (Wikipedia)
Played By: Max Langenhan, LeadQuote, Played By: Max Langenhan, Lead
is a German luger
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