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Lake Placid offers sliding center for 2026 Games
Lake Placid has put forth an offer to host sliding sports for the 2026 Winter Olympics, which are scheduled to take place in Italy, where organizers are struggling to provide a venue for bobsled, luge and skeleton racing.
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Luge's Mazdzer, Olympic silver medalist, retiring
Chris Mazdzer has decided to end his luge career, after four trips to the Olympics and becoming the first men's singles slider to medal there for the United States.
Olympic Sports
American Sweeney gets 5th luge medal of season
USA Luge's Emily Sweeney picked up her team-best fifth medal of the World Cup season on Sunday, a bronze in a women's singles race.
Olympic Sports
Sweeney gets U.S.-best 4th luge medal of season
Latvia swept a pair of luge World Cup races on home ice, and Emily Sweeney of the U.S. won her team-high fourth medal of the season by helping the Americans finish third in a team relay.
Luge
Germans win 3 WC luge races; U.S. duo medals
Germany won three of five World Cup races held Saturday at the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics sliding track, while Emily Sweeney and Brittney Arndt won medals for the U.S.
Olympic Sports
Italians win again in WC women's doubles luge
Italy's Andrea Votter and Marion Oberhofer took the season-long points lead after getting their second consecutive women's doubles luge win Friday.
Olympic Sports
Austria with 8 luge wins; 2nd silver for Sweeney
Austria claimed gold medals in all five luge races Sunday to cap a perfect 8-for-8 weekend for the host nation, while USA Luge left the weekend with two medals, both silvers from Emily Sweeney.
Olympic Sports
Austria sweeps World Cup luge; Sweeney second
Madeleine Egle won a women's luge World Cup race Saturday to lead the Austrians' dominant season-opening showing on home ice, while Emily Sweeney of the U.S. finished second in the women's race to match her best finish on the circuit in five years.
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Cups runneth over: Luge canceled due to soccer
The International Luge Federation said Monday that what was scheduled as the opening weekend of its World Cup season - Nov. 26 and Nov. 27 in Igls, Austria - has been called off.
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Retired Terdiman to coach U.S. junior luge team
Two-time Olympian Jayson Terdiman has retired from competitive racing and is turning his focus to coaching the junior national team.
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Park City, Whistler return to WCup luge schedule
Luge's governing body said it plans on bringing races back to North America for the first time in nearly three years, with stops planned for Park City, Utah, and Whistler, Canada.
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Olympic luge champ Ludwig of Germany retires
Olympic champion Johannes Ludwig had the best luge season of his life, then decided that would be the perfect way to end his career.
Winter Olympics
Shiva Keshavan to form non-profit to aid Indian winter sports athletes
The six-time Olympian aims to ensure Indian winter sports athletes don't have to resort to crowd-funding.
Winter Olympics
Trouble with the curve: Unlucky No. 13 is treacherous for lugers and bobsled racers
For the superstitious, Curve 13 might have already been a problem, but the turn has proved to be a haven for crashes in bobsled and luge.
Olympic Sports
Germany wins relay, sweeps luge gold medals
Germany won the luge team relay at the Beijing Olympics on Thursday, completing a luge sweep after already claiming gold medals in men's, women's and doubles events.
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Wendl, Arlt lead German 1-2 doubles luge finish
Germany takes gold and silver in doubles luge, with Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt holding off teammates Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken by 0.099 seconds.
Olympic Sports
Geisenberger wins historic 3rd women's luge gold
Natalie Geisenberger of Germany became the first to win the Olympic women's luge competition three times to cement her place in history as the sport's best.
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Germany's Ludwig becomes oldest luge champ
Germany's Johannes Ludwig is the Olympic men's luge champion for the first time, making him the oldest to win that race's gold medal.
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USA Luge: Mazdzer is heading to Beijing Games
USA Luge has been told that Chris Mazdzer is headed to the Olympics as the team has received third spot for the men's race at the Beijing Games.
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U.S. men's doubles luge team set for Olympics
The men's doubles sled team of Zack Di Gregorio and Sean Hollander is expected to represent USA Luge in the Beijing Olympics, with formal nominations being announced Monday.
Olympic Sports
U.S. wins bronze in team relay at luge World Cup
Americans Summer Britcher, Tucker West and the doubles team of Chris Mazdzer and Jayson Terdiman claimed bronze in a World Cup team relay, finishing behind Latvia and Austria.
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Borrowed equipment leads to new luge policies
The need for many teams and sliders from various nations to use borrowed equipment for the past several weeks has forced the International Luge Federation to change some of its qualifying rules for the Beijing Olympics.
Olympic Sports
Britcher's silver is best U.S. luge finish since '20
American Summer Britcher gave USA Luge its best individual finish in nearly two years by grabbing a silver medal Sunday. Julia Taubitz bested Britcher as part of a two-gold day for the German.
Olympic Sports
USA Luge grabs relay silver on Olympic track
USA Luge got its first medals of the World Cup season Sunday, with the team of Ashley Farquharson, Tucker West and the doubles sled of Chris Mazdzer and Jayson Terdiman taking silver on the track built for this winter's Beijing Olympics.
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Luge silver medalist Mazdzer suffers broken foot
Reigning Olympic luge silver medalist Chris Mazdzer of the U.S. said Thursday that he broke his right foot during a preseason training run and will need some time before figuring out a new plan to get ready for this winter's Beijing Games.
Medal Tracker
Overall Medal Leaders
- 37
NOR - 32
ROC - 27
GER
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
 NOR | 16 |
 GER | 12 |
 CHN | 9 |
Silver
 ROC | 12 |
| GER | 10 |
 USA | 10 |
Bronze
| ROC | 14 |
 CAN | 14 |
| NOR | 13 |
Overall Medal Leaders
- 5Bø
- 5Bolshunov
- 5Roeiseland
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
| Bø | 4 |
| Bolshunov | 3 |
| Roeiseland | 3 |
Silver
 Fillon Maillet | 3 |
 Takagi | 3 |
 Minjeong | 2 |
Bronze
| Latypov | 3 |
| Roeiseland | 2 |
 Liu | 2 |
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U.S. earns first luge World Cup doubles gold in 18 years
Zach DiGregorio and Sean Hollander gave the U.S. its first luge World Cup doubles gold medal in nearly 18 years on Friday, winning the opening race of the season at Mount Van Hoevenberg.
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IOC clears some Russian athletes to compete at Paris Games
Some Russian athletes will be allowed to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics under neutral status but must do so without national identity of flag, anthem or colors.
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Kaori Sakamoto leads after short program at Grand Prix Final
Two-time world champion Kaori Sakamoto was nearly flawless during her short program at the Grand Prix Final on Friday, taking a comfortable lead over Belgium's Loena Hendrickx and Nina Pinzarrone into the free skate.
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Sofia Goggia wins super-G speed race; Mikaela Shiffrin takes 4th
Sofia Goggia won a women's super-G Friday as skiing's World Cup was finally able to hold its first speed race of a weather-affected season, with Mikaela Shiffrin finishing just off the podium.
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As Indian volleyball meets Italian, remembering the GOAT: Jimmy George
40 years ago, Jimmy George achieved what no other Indian athlete in any sport had managed, nor has managed since.
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Lake Placid offers to host sliding sports for 2026 Olympics
Lake Placid has put forth an offer to host sliding sports for the 2026 Winter Olympics, which are scheduled to take place in Italy, where organizers are struggling to provide a venue for bobsled, luge and skeleton racing.
