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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Starting area

Sports; Luge

Because of the different lengths of the race for different events, there are two starting areas so the competitors can finish crossing the same finish line. The starting area is an ice covered flat ...

Steel work

Sports; Luge

This means to polish the steels of a sled.

Spikes

Sports; Luge

In Luge competitors have metal spikes put in their gloves that are usually on the fingertips but are sometimes on the backs of the knuckles that are used for putting into ice so they can paddle ...

Split time

Sports; Luge

The time when clocked or measured from the start of the race to the halfway point on the track. Used as a reference to measure how a competitor is doing against their competition.