Christians Niccum
Olympic Luge Athelete
Christian Niccum History
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Since appearing in the 2010 Oympics Niccum has had a pretty rough patch, going through back surgery, rupturing his Achilles, and suffering multiple illnesses. And the scariest of all the premature birth of his third child Emmajo born six weeks early. The Seattle-times states "For anyone else, a once-in-a-lifetime bad patch. For Niccum, it’s just another Olympic quadrennial in a career of struggles, physical and financial, to keep alive a longshot dream of an Olympic medal."
Christian Niccum
During The Sport
Olympic Experience
Niccum, 36, spoke about his retirement plans after finishing 11th with Jayson Terdiman in the doubles competition Wednesday at the Sanki Sliding Center. As the top-finishing American pair, they earned a spot on the U.S. team that will compete in the luge relay's Olympic debut Thursday.
Reigning world champions Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt of Germany won the doubles event, besting Austrian brothers Andreas and Wolfgang Linger by half a second. Latvian siblings Andris and Juris Sics won bronze.More About Christian Niccum
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