Latvia's Gints Berzins celebrated victory in the men's luge competition, after posting the fastest two runs of the competition in St Moritz.
With the Winter Youth Olympic Games heading to Gangwon in four years, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) can safely bill the event as being part of the legacy of Pyeongchang 2018.
Austria's Jonas Müller made it two men's victories from as many races at the International Luge Federation World Cup this season as he clinched the narrowest of wins in Lake Placid.
Germany's Julia Taubitz slid to the third International Luge Federation World Cup victory of her career as she claimed the women's title in Lake Placid.
Lake Placid is set to host the second event of the International Luge Federation (FIL) World Cup season, with the opening sprint competition also taking place.
Jonas Müller triumphed in the opening event of the men’s International Luge Federation World Cup season in front of a home crowd in Innsbruck.
Emily Sweeney received the female athlete of the year prize at USA Luge’s annual awards at the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee Training Centre in Lake Placid.
USA Luge have joined forces with Rapid Reboot as they seek to improve training recovery periods for athletes and help them reach the next level of sport performance.
USA Luge has announced the fifth staging of its "Running of the Balls" fundraiser.
The International Luge Federation (FIL) has established a working group called "Strategy and Structures".
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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