A view from the homemade luge track built by Jeffrey Nelson and his work friends. The 60-metre track took 30 hours to complete and starts with a 3.5 metre drop. (submitted by Jeffrey Nelson ) ...

To really understand what it takes to be an Olympic hopeful you have to walk in someone else’s shoes — or sled in this case.

The International Luge Federation said Thursday that “human error“ caused a Polish athlete to crash and suffer serious leg injuries in a training run this week at the track built for this ...

VANCOUVER — The father of a Georgian luger killed on the first day of the 2010 Olympics is angry that Vancouver officials didn’t act on their own concerns about the luge track’s safety. In ...

Luge athletes are scheduled to have an international training period at the new track from Oct. 27 through Nov. 2, then return for a test event there in the final week of November.

But it was in curve 16, the last curve of the track that "… he most likely lost control of the sled as it shot up towards to the roof of the curve," according the official FIL investigation.

Lightning kills and injures Canadians every year. Remember, when thunder roars, go indoors! Emergency Management Ontario recommends that you take cover immediately if threatening weather approaches.

Canadian luge coach Wolfgang Staudinger says he believes the temperature of the sliding track was raised enough to slow down teams who slid near the end of Thursday’s competition, including Canada.

What they decided to do was build a snow track on the east side of the hill. That's where the Learn to Luge program is right now. It's for kids between the ages of 10 and 14.

MOSCOW — The newly built luge track for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi has been tested for the first time. Russia luge coach Valery Silakov told RIA Novosti news agency that local and foreign ...

SOCHI, RUSSIA—Canada clearly believes they were jobbed by Russian track officials in Thursday’s team relay luge. The official race data adds credence to the charge. The Russians slid in the middle of ...