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Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Qualifications
Qualification lists as per Jan. 26, 2010. All competitors who will race at Whistler. Read More
World Cup luge resumes this weekend
World Cup luge resumes this weekend with season finale on 2006 Olympic track. Read More
Germans finish the job as men sweep podium
Germans finish the job as men sweep podium, win Team Relay. Benshoof leads Americans in 11th; Mazdzer has career best 14th. No seventh Winter Olympics for Italian Huber. Read More
Olympic Nominees Today Show & Press Conference Fri. Dec. 18
The 10 nominees to the U.S. Olympic Luge Team will appear on NBC's Today Show Friday, Dec 18, at approximately 8 AM Eastern Time. Read More
Germans take World Cup men's and doubles races; Loch wins for first time
Despite winning a pair of luge World Championships, Felix Loch had, ironically, never won a men's World Cup race in his brief career. Read More
Warm wind turns Igls men’s race into crap shoot with Italian Zoeggeler taking the win
USA’s Benshoof battles weather and back injury to place 10th. Read More
LUGE: Benshoof sixth in World Cup Opener
The first men’s World Cup of the 2009-10 luge season, held on Saturday, November 21, saw American Tony Benshoof move one step closer to becoming a member of the 2010 Olympic team as he battled a re-herniated disk in his back to finish sixth. Read More
USA Luge Teleconference Audio Links from November 18
The following links contain audio from the Nov. 18 teleconference with the members of the U.S. National Luge Team. Those on the call included: Read More
World Cup Luge team roster set for first two events
17 year-old Junior National Team athlete Kate Hansen won the fourth and final USA Luge women's race-off today, November 15. Read More
From Lake Placid to Land of 10,000 Lakes
Tony Benshoof lives out of his suitcase about four months a year and about three more are spent training in Lake Placid, hundreds of miles from his Midwest hometown. Read More
Norton US National Luge Championship Series set to begin
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. - The nation’s top luge athletes will race in their final two events on March 13-14 before officially ending the competitive portion of the 2008-09 season. Read More
US posts three top-10 results at Calgary Luge World Cup; Italians lead way
CALGARY, Canada (Feb. 16, 2009) - The eighth World Cup of the 2008-2009 season came to a close yesterday evening with U.S. slider Bengt Walden sealing a tie of his best-ever result in a World Cup race. Read More
Luge racing continues in Calgary
CALGARY, Canada – World Champion Erin Hamlin will enter the Feb. 13 Calgary World Cup wearing the yellow World Champion’s bib. Read More
LUGE: Take a Run down the 2010 Olympic Luge Course with US Luge's Tony Benshoof
WHISTLER, Canada (March 12, 2008) --- USA Luge's Tony Benshoof (White Bear Lake, Minn. Read More
LUGE: USA Luge Tabs Five Sleds to its Fall 2008 National Team
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. --- A total of five sleds (two men's singles, two women's singles and one doubles team) earned spots on USA Luge's fall 2008 national team. Read More
LUGE: USA Luge Slides to World Cup Team Relay Overall Silver
SIGULDA, Latvia--- Christian Niccum (Woodinville, Wash. Read More
LUGE: Niccum/Joye Seventh in Sigulda
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. --- Americans Christian Niccum (Woodinville, Wash. Read More
LUGE: Luge's World Cup Campaign Finishes in Latvia
SIGULDA, Latvia--- The 2007-08 luge World Cup series concludes with a pair of races on the 1,200-meter long course in Sigulda, Latvia. Read More
LUGE: Zoeggeler Takes Luge World Cup Lead in Altenberg_ USA Luge's Walden 8th
ALTENBERG, Germany --- Italy's Armin Zoeggeler raced to his third win of the 2007-08 men's singles luge World Cup season, Sunday, Feb. Read More
LUGE: Altenberg Hosts the 200th Luge World Cup Race
ALTENBERG, Germany --- The 1,387-meter long track in Altenberg, Germany is getting set to host the 200th event in the history of the luge World Cup, Saturday and Sunday, Feb. Read More
LUGE: Americans Niccum/Joye 6th at Luge Worlds... USA Luge 5th in Team Relay
OBERHOF, Germany--- Christian Niccum (Woodinville, Wash. Read More
LUGE: Luge Crowns its Youngest Ever World Champion... Bengt Walden Leads U.S. Team
OBERHOF, Germany --- Just a single season after winning the junior (to age 20) men's singles luge world championship crown, German Felix Loch went up against the world's best in Italy's Armin Zoeggeler, a two-time Olympic champion, teammate, David Moeller Read More
LUGE: USA Luge Sends a 9-Athlete, 7-Sled Lineup to Worlds
OBERHOF, Germany --- USA Luge will send a nine-athlete lineup into Friday through Sunday's, Jan. Read More
LUGE: USA Luge Takes World Cup Team Relay Bronze
KOENIGSSEE, Germany --- The doubles team of Christian Niccum (Woodinville, Wash. Read More
LUGE: Luge's World Cup Second Half Begins in Koenigssee, Germany
KOENIGSSEE, Germany --- A slim 15 points separate Germany's David Moeller and Italy's Armin Zoeggeler as they head into Sunday's, Jan. Read More
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For the next four weeks, Tony Benshoof will be keeping us updated on his latest happenings as he makes his way to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
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I was happy with the previous few world cups. After my 6th place in Calgary (and a re-herniation of my back's L5-S1 disk) , I had confidence that my sled where it needs to… Read More
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We really do go that fast.
March 5, 2009
Luge. It is a sport that bewilders so many people, and yet it has consumed nearly two-thirds of my life. Don’t forget I am old (as many of my teammates are so quick to point out)! However, the reason I’ve spent so much time doing it is because, well, I…
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Back to training
March 31, 2009
Today marks the day that I am officially getting back into training for the upcoming 2010 Olympics. I set aside the entire month of March to basically do nothing but enjoy myself and relax after a long and tumultuous season. That rest is… Read More
US Nationals
March 14, 2009
Today was a great day and a huge weight off my shoulders because I won US Nationals! It has been 2 years since I have held the title and it feels great! Over the course of my career, I have had the privilege of being named National Champion 7… Read More
On the sled again...
April 13, 2009
Ok, I admit It...I hate the cold. So why did I submerge myself in 35 degree water for a few measly photos and bragging rights? Ha! Well, I suppose it was because I wanted to have a few measly photos and bragging… Read More
The Long Drive
It's finally time to hit the road! I’m all packed and ready to make the 1200-mile drive out to Lake Placid’s Olympic Training Center. Not only does it house hundreds of Olympic athletes from all different sports, it is the home of the USA Luge headquarters and… Read More
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