luge+,bobsled+and+skeleton

Introduction these pages are all about luge, and bobsleding in the 2010 winter olympics in vancouver. we will start of by explaining where, when and what the luge is and how it came to be.

origin and history of luge : Luge, like the skeleton, originated in the town of st moritz, switzerland, in the 19th centuries through the atempt of hotel entrepreneur Caspar Badrutt. . His more adventurous English guests( in his hotels) began turning' sleds into recreational "toys" .two new sports where born, in the short term the guests began to devise methods of steering the sleds, and so invented the skeleton(head first), the luge (feet first), and the In the long term, in the interests of pedestrian safety, he built a special track for his guests' activities in about 1870. the "half pipe" has been used as a venue in two Olympias, and is one of the few natural weather tracks that do not depend on artificia iceing. Its success eventually enabled Badrutt to build the Palace Hotel; wh​at is luge: luge is a sport that consist of men or women lying down on a fibelglass sled. they then slide down an iced track ,reaching speeds of up to140km or more and reaching G forces that up too 5G which is a hell of alot.
 * Luge became an Olympic sport in 1964 at the Olympic Innsbruck Games and has been dominated by a handful of countries— ** **Germany ****, ****Austria ****, ****Italy ****, and the former ****Soviet Union **** countries. **

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The equipment the equipment required to do this sport are as follows,you need a helmet (that is specificly designed for to be aerodynamic )neck brace ,mouth guard,gloves (with little metal spikes to help steer the luge),speed suit (a suit made especilly to be aerodynamic to help cut through the wind like a knife) equipment was found on [].


 * =====there are no local club in rouyn-noranda or close to the region for luge or skeleton=====

February 13, 2010

 * || 17:00 - Luge - Men's Singles Run 1 || || 19:00* - Luge - Men's Singles Run 2==

February 14, 2010

 * || 13:00 - Luge - Men's Singles Run 3 || || 15:00* - Luge - Men's Singles Run 4==

February 15, 2010

 * || 17:00 - Luge - Women's Singles Run 1 || || 18:30* - Luge - Women's Singles Run 2==

February 16, 2010
​  February 17, 2010==|| || 17:00 - Luge - Doubles' Run 1 || || <span class="datetime format_time">18:00* - Luge - Doubles' Run 2 media type="youtube" key="kJQTKMRPylQ" height="226" width="281"
 * || <span class="datetime format_time">13:00 - Luge - Women's Singles Run 3 || || <span class="datetime format_time">14:30* - Luge - Women's Singles Run 4==

famous luge athletes: competetor in luge this year:

jeff christie:
 * ~ Date of Birth: || February 02, 1983 ||
 * ~ Residence: ||, AB ||
 * ~ Ht: / Wt: || 6'0" / 189 lbs ||
 * ~ Club: || Calgary Luge Club ||
 * ~ Coach: || Wolfgang Staudinger, Robert Fegg ||
 * ~ Language Spoken: || English ||
 * ~ Training site: || Canada Olympic Park ||
 * ~ Specialty: || Men's Singles ||
 * ~ Previous Competitions: || Turin (2006) ||

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