In USA luge circles, the most widely known athlete is Chris Mazdzer. He is widely known in Italy and within downhill sledding community but largely unknown outside of this. This is through the six Olympic Winter Games in which he competed between 19. He has collected a total of six medals, including two gold medals, one silver medal, and three bronze medals in the men’s singles luge event. Of all the International luge athletes at the Winter Olympics, Italian luger Armin Zöggeler is currently the total Olympic medal leader in the sport. The average luge speed on competitive tracks is 90 MPH, and up to 100MPH on the fastest tracks. How fast is Luge? The Olympic luge approaches speeds of 100 MPH at the fastest ice luge courses. It looks absolutely terrifying watching them sled past at such a high rate of speed. In this event, the Luge Athletes race to slide down an ice track while laying flat on their backs and grasping tightly to a small sled beneath them, thus why the sport is sometimes referred to by onlookers as “ Ice Luging“. The most associated and widely known Luge sporting event is Olympic Luge primarily because of the high profile nature of this exciting Winter Olympic event and the television coverage that it receives. *temporary stock image of luge vs skeleton vs bobsled Luge Olympics Let me explain some of the variety of downhill sledding activities that fall under the banner of being referred to as Luging.įirstly I will detail the types of luge and similar sports, then I will describe each in more detail. That being said, there are a variety of Luge types that while though they share the name and are categorized together due to sharing some characteristics, they are distinctly different. The Luge is the most exciting downhill ride in sports.
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