Luge

Luge

Luge is a one or two person sport in which the participants ride a small sled feet first and face up down an ice slope or street. Because of the high speeds attained luge is timed to the thousandth of a second, it is an Olympic sport.

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Bridge bolt

Sports; Luge

These are the bolts that go through the boxes to fasten the cufin to the bridges.

Clear

Sports; Luge

That part of the track where the competitor begins his or her run.

Toboggan

Sports; Luge

See "sled"

Timing

Sports; Luge

Luge runs are timed with electronic timing devices that are accurate to 1/1000th of a second. There is a light beam that shines across the track and when it is interrupted that is when the clock is ...