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The International Luge Federation (French: Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course (FIL); German: Internationaler Rennrodelverband) is the main international federation for all luge sports. Founded by 13 nations at Davos , Switzerland in 1957, it has members of 53 national luge associations as of 2009 [update] and is based in ...
Cho Jung-myung (Korean: 조정명; born 24 December 1993 in Seoul) [1] is a South Korean luger.He competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics. [2]Cho was a contestant in the 2023 Netflix reality competition Physical: 100, as was his national luge doubles partner Park Jin-yong, who finished the show in 3rd place among the 100 participants.
In the first race of the 2021-22 season in Yanqing, Schulte took third place and was on the individual podium for the first time in her career. [1]Schulte is included in Austria at the 2022 Winter Olympics alongside Madeleine Egle and Hannah Prock; she finished the race in sixth position (+1.431 s) which ended in victory by Natalie Geisenberger.
The 2023–24 Luge World Cup (official: Eberspächer Luge World Cup) was a multi-race series over a season of Luge, organised by International Luge Federation (FIL). [1]The season started on 8 December 2023 in Lake Placid, United States, and concluded on 3 March 2024 in Sigulda, Latvia.
Doubles luge, Myroslav and Ivan Lenko at the 2022 Luge World Cup trainings A luge / l uː ʒ / is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine (face-up) and feet-first. A luger begins seated, propelling themselves initially from handles on either side of the start ramp, then steers by using the calf muscles to flex the sled's ...
Mark Hatton (born 28 March 1973) is a British luge coach and former luger who competed from 1997 to 2007, including two Winter Olympic Games: Salt Lake City 2002 and Torino 2006. [1] He finished in 25th place in the singles event at the 2002 Games , the highest placed sledder without a track in their home country.
The FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships, part of the International Luge Federation (FIL) have taken place on an almost biennial basis in non-Winter Olympics years since 1979. These championships are shown for natural tracks. See FIL World Luge Championships for all artificial track events that have taken place since 1955.
Luge is a winter sport featured at the Winter Olympic Games where a competitor or two-person team rides a flat sled while lying supine (face up) and feet first. The sport is usually contested on a specially designed ice track that allows gravity to increase the sled's speed.