Luge at the Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022

[Grassmarket 4,274]

Tobies were wobbling there!

[Susannah 7]

Not a surprise.  

[NearPup 4,166]

It's now been 12 years since lost a luge race at the Olympic without crashing or making a major mistake, but that was close.

 

Feels like is unlucky to not win any of the events here given the season they've had.

[Susannah 7]

Egle crashing during the first run was the reason why she did not get into the podium position.  She nearly got there.  Same as Julia Taubitz.  There is quite a rivalry brewing between Madeleine Egle and Julia Taubitz in the near future.

[LowerSaxony 205]

35 minutes ago, NearPup said:

It's now been 12 years since lost a luge race at the Olympic without crashing or making a major mistake, but that was close.

 

Feels like is unlucky to not win any of the events here given the season they've had.

Absolutely. The Luge medal table does not reflect the season adequately. The team relay shows that the Austrians are very close to the best Germans in all events. E.g. Ludwig won because he were 0.05 sec quicker in every run than Kindl.

 

Btw Nathalie Geisenberger is now the most successful German Winter Olympic athlete in terms of Gold medals (6-0-1) right before Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt (6-0-0), all three surpassing Claudia Pechstein (5-2-2).

[hckošice 16,605]

Mixed Team Relay
Final Results

 

  Germany

Natalie Geisenberger

Johannes Ludwig

Tobias Wendl

Tobias Arlt

3:03.406

 

  Austria

Madeleine Egle

Wolfgang Kindl

Thomas Steu

Lorenz Koller

3:03.486

 

  Latvia

Eliza Tiruma

Kristers Aparjods

Martins Bots

Roberts Plume

3:04.354

 

Full Final Result HERE

[stepansevs 219]

2 hours ago, Monzanator said:

Women don't have a rolling clock start

But doubles was slower than single men and there Is the same start. So it Is strange for me...

[Monzanator 5,095]

1 hour ago, stepansevs said:

But doubles was slower than single men and there Is the same start. So it Is strange for me...

Doubles are heavier (duh) so they are slower (less aerodynamic, more air resistance)

[heywoodu 16,459]

That was quite a fun relay. Would have liked to see Austria win it, but mostly I was hoping for at least a tight race and despite Germany winning, it definitely was tight  

[NearPup 4,166]

4 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

That was quite a fun relay. Would have liked to see Austria win it, but mostly I was hoping for at least a tight race and despite Germany winning, it definitely was tight  

Ya, this was a great advert of the relay as an event.