| General News 21.11.12 | |
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| Austrian Luge Federation (ÖRV) invites to a press conference | |
| Innsbruck-Igls (pps) Austria’s Luge Federation (ÖRV) invites all interested media representatives to a press conference prior to the season’s opener of the Viessmann Luge World Cup series on the 1964 and 1976 Olympic luge track in Innsbruck-Igls. On Friday (November 23 / at 12:00 hrs local time),... [more] |  |
| Artificial Track News 20.11.12 | |
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| Viessmann Luge World Cup to kick-off in Innsbruck-Igls | |
| Sleds now on their way to Austria Innsbruck-Igls (pps) Luge racers from all over the world have been breathing a huge sigh of relief: The container with the luge sleds, stopped in Moscow due to a defective aircraft, is now on its way to Innsbruck-Igls (Austria). Right on time before the... [more] |  |
| Artificial Track News 20.11.12 | |
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| New luge season to kick off with 31 nations in Innsbruck-Igls | |
| Defending champions are the top favorites in the upcoming 45th season Innsbruck-Igls (pps) The luge World Cup series is heading into its 45th season. The traditional season opener of the Viessmann Luge World Cup will be staged on the Olympic track in Innsbruck-Igls (Austria). A total of... [more] |  |
| Artificial Track News 19.11.12 | |
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| Viessmann Luge World Cup: Kick-off in Innsbruck-Igls | |
| Defective aircraft stops transport of sleds Innsbruck-Igls (pps) Prior to the season’s kick-off of the Viessmann Luge World Cup series next weekend (November 24-25, 2012) in Innsbruck-Igls (Austria), lugers from all over the world have to make do with an involuntary break. The reason: a... [more] | |
| Artificial Track News 19.11.12 | |
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| Tatjana Nevzorova to compete for Kazakhstan | |
| Sochi (pps) As of now, Tatjana Nevzorova, former member of the Russian national luge team, will start for the national luge federation of Kazakhstan. With the change the 25-year old, who earned a 13th-place finish at the 2010 FIL European Luge Championships in Sigulda, hopes to improve her chances... [more] |  |
| General News 19.11.12 | |
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| FIL now on Facebook | |
| Berchtesgaden (pps) The International Luge Federation (FIL) can now be found on Facebook. In addition to its website the International Luge Federation will now post all news and information for the Facebook community at https://www.facebook.com/pages/International-Luge-Federation/247874025329458 .... [more] | |
| Artificial Track News 19.11.12 | |
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| Tatjana Huefner and Felix Loch to head German team | |
| Berchtesgaden (pps) Tatjana Huefner and Felix Loch will be heading the German team at the Viessmann Luge World Cup season opener in Innsbruck-Igls (Austria) on November 24-25, 2012. Apart from the Olympic and four-time World champion as well as five-time overall World Cup winner Huefner, the German... [more] |  |
| General News 15.11.12 | |
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| Alexander Vasin Russia’s new head coach | |
| Sochi (pps) Alexander Vasin is the new head coach of Russia’s national luge team. The former coach of World silver medalist Albert Demchenko succeeds Valeri Silakov and will be trying to lead the Russian host team to a successful 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Wolfgang Schaedler of... [more] | |
| General News 15.11.12 | |
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| FIL media accreditation available online | |
| Berchtesgaden (pps) The application form for the media accreditation of the International Luge Federation, FIL, is available online. On the FIL website at www.fil-luge.org interested media representatives can download the application, fill it out and send it back to the FIL together with a passport... [more] | |
| Artificial Track News 15.11.12 | |
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| Positive reactions after the first rendezvous with the future Olympic track | |
| Sochi (pps) The reactions of the international luge elite after their first rendezvous with the future Olympic track of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games at the “Sliding Center Sanki” in Sochi (Russia) were almost without exception positive. The upcoming Olympic track, named “Sanki Sliding Center”,... [more] |  |
| Artificial Track News 14.11.12 | |
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| World Junior Champion Aileen Frisch ousted European bronze medalist Corinna Martini | |
| Sochi (pps) World junior champion Aileen Frisch has ousted European bronze medalist Corinna Martini from the German national squad for the Viessmann Luge World Cup series. At the conclusion of the International Training Week (ITW) on the future Olympic track in Sochi (RUS) the 20-year old, who... [more] | |
| Natural Track News 13.11.12 | |
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| Nine Nations at the International Instructor Course | |
| The FIL Office in Berchtesgaden received more than 30 entries for the international instructor course, so that some applicants had to be rejected. With Germany, Italy, Romania, Poland, Turkey, Switzerland, Sweden, Argentina and USA nine nations with a maximum of three candidates will participate in... [more] | |
| General News 08.11.12 | |
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| Dmitry Chernyshenko President of the Sochi Organizing Committee, on the “Sliding Center Sanki” | |
| “This is a dream come true” Sochi (pps) It is a dream come true for Dmitry Chernyshenko, President of the Organizing Committee for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi and he refers to the official opening of the future Olympic track at the “Sliding Center Sanki” by the International... [more] | |
| General News 08.11.12 | |
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| About 300 media representatives at the “World Press Briefing” in the “Sliding Center Sanki” | |
| First indication of the media interest in the Olympic Winter Games Sochi (pps) The athletes competing in the International Training Week got an impression of the possible media interest in the 2014 Olympic Winter Games that will be staged on the future Olympic track. During the training... [more] |  |
| Artificial Track News 07.11.12 | |
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| 26 nations at the “Sliding Center Sanki” | |
| Smooth start of the International Training Week Sochi (pps) The 2014 Olympic Games adventure started in curve eight. At the first International Training Week on the future Olympic luge track for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games, all athletes from 26 participating nations started from the... [more] |  |