Luge FIL World Championships 2020

[Grassmarket 3,412]

Big celebrations from the Germans, has been a terrible season for German luge by their high standards

[dcro 10,210]

Early starters were really slow. Guess they haven't cranked up the refrigiration back then.

[dcro 10,210]

Tim just dissed Viktoriia's belly.

[dcro 10,210]

Great investment for the Netherlands!

[dcro 10,210]

Track record for Ivanova. Quick, turn off the refrigiration.

[dcro 10,210]

And I'm guessing it happened. All of a sudden nobody is going sub-50, while Ivanova went 49.6!

 

Also, Farquharson, who went just before ivanova, is the only other athlete with sub-50 run.

Edited February 15, 2020 by dcro

[dcro 10,210]

Gleirscher winning the Olympics was fun and all. Pyeongchang was a neutral track, and Gleirscher a total outsider who only got selected at the last moment.

 

Katnikova sweeping this is just... meh. She is just milking the home advantage beyond belief. That's some vintage Germanesque domination.

Edited February 15, 2020 by dcro

[Monzanator 4,505]

5 minutes ago, dcro said:

Gleirscher winning the Olympics was fun and all. Pyeongchang was a neutral track, and Gleirscher a total outsider who only got selected at the last moment.

 

Katnikova sweeping this is just... meh. She is just milking the home advantage beyond belief. That's some vintage Germanesque domination.

 

Every nation that has a luge track enjoys such an advantage. Maybe the Austrians don't since everyone and their mother trains at Igls.

[heywoodu 15,147]

16 hours ago, dcro said:

Gleirscher winning the Olympics was fun and all. Pyeongchang was a neutral track, and Gleirscher a total outsider who only got selected at the last moment.

 

Katnikova sweeping this is just... meh. She is just milking the home advantage beyond belief. That's some vintage Germanesque domination.

At least she did beat out Ivanova and Demchenko, who definitely are proven world class sliders.

 

Let's ask LugeAnnouncer about the refrigeration thing today  

[dcro 10,210]

Russia getting DQ'd from the relay is the worst possible thing that could have happened to those predictors who have followed the season.