How Luge started
Olympic Event
Inside Luge!!!
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Street luge
Tucker West
Tucker West
Olympics
The first event happened on February 8,2014 and on that date Felix Loch from Germany won first place. His first run was 52.185, 2nd 51.964, 3rd 51.613, 4th 51.764, and total time was 3:27.526.
My athlete Tucker West was placed 22nd out of 39. Pretty good for him being the youngest athlete in the competition, but his expectations were set high for him so that performance was sub par.
first run- 53.142 2nd-52.966 3rd-52.413 4th-52.696 and total time- 3:31.217.More info about the event going on currently: http://www.sochi2014.com/en/luge
videos: http://bit.ly/1bp4sBB
Women's Luge
Erin Hamlin, she won a bronze medal in the women's luge event on Feb. 11 @2:01p. She was american, men and women to make on the podium in winter Olympic history for the luge event.
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Men's Luge
Meanwhile for the men's USA luge team. They are not doing so good. Germany is leading the way with 3 gold and 1 silver. Team USA only has one medal and that is from Erin Hamlin from the women's team.
For more information click here, for results of the events that happened already.
http://www.sochi2014.com/en/luge
Doubles Event
In the doubles event there was no one from team USA in the top 10. Germany took first place and Austria took second and third. Germany was very dominant in this event by leading all countries with 5 medals, 4 gold and 1 silver. As for team USA, they only have 1 medal in this event who was from Erin Hamlin.
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Final Results
Well the Luge event. Pretty fast paced event, but Germany won this by a long shot with 5 medals. With Russian Fed. and Latvia with 2 and multiple other countries with just 1.
More info and videos please visit these websites: http://www.sochi2014.com/en/luge-medals http://es.pn/1lwy6W2
TUCKER WEST
Age 18 is the youngest male ever to qualify to represent the United States in the Winter Olympics. His father's name is Brett West. It doesn't say anything about his mother, but he has multiple siblings.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UkSS9lSRwA&safe=active
How he started
Tucker West started the sport Luge at 7 years old. His father Brett West built a homemade luge track for him. The track was 750 feet long it features a PA system, weather station, electric timing, an automatic icing spray system and lights for nighttime runs.
more info click here http://bit.ly/1iVnWjv
http://www.teamusa.org/Video/2014/02/02/Tucker-West--My-Sochi-Story