Luge
Sign in to savethumb|250px|right|Doubles luge, Myroslav and Ivan Lenko at the 2022 2022–23 Luge World Cup|Luge World Cup trainings
AI overview
Luge is a winter sport in which athletes race down an icy track while lying on their backs on a small, flat sled, competing for the fastest times. It's an Olympic and world championship sport that showcases speed, precision, and athleticism on one of winter sports' most challenging courses.
AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.
Wikipedia views (30d)
6,083 totalvia Wikimedia Pageviews API
Key facts
- Sport.name
- Luge
- Sport.image
- Mortensen and Griffall.jpg
- Sport.imagesize
- 250px
- Sport.caption
- American lugers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Sport.union
- Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course
- Sport.first
- 1870s
- Sport.contact
- No
- Sport.team
- Teams of one or two
- Sport.mgender
- Yes, but usually in separate competitions
- Sport.category
- Winter sport, Time trial
- Sport.equipment
- Sled, helmet, suit, visor, gloves, finger spikes, booties
- Sport.venue
- Luge tracks
- Sport.olympic
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- type of sport
- Subclass of
- Olympic sport
- Image
- Départ d'un lugeur.jpg
Show 4 more facts
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
17 sectionsContents
- History
- Artificial tracks
- Natural track luge
- Events
- Training
- Risks
- Governing body
- Olympic medal table
- Men's singles
- Doubles
- Women's singles
- Team relay
- Total Olympic Medals
- Fatal accidents
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|250px|right|Doubles luge, Myroslav and Ivan Lenko at the 2022 2022–23 Luge World Cup|Luge World Cup trainings
A luge () 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 runners or by exerting opposite shoulder pressure to the pod. Racing sleds weigh for singles and for doubles. Luge is also the name of an Olympic sport that employs that sled and technique.