| General News 06.05.13 | |
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| PyeongChang 2018 launches official emblem | |
| PyeongChang/Seoul (pps)The Organising Committee of the Olympic Winter Games 2018 in PyeongChang (KOR) launched its official Olympic emblem as was reported on www.olympic.org. The emblem’s design bases on the Korean alphabet Hangul and five traditional Korean colours black, blue/green, yellow, red,... [more] |  |
| General News 29.04.13 | |
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| FIL President Josef Fendt’s trip to Asia | |
| Tianjin/Seoul (pps) Josef Fendt, President of the International Luge Federation, returned from a tip to Asia, which lasted several days. First on the agenda was the opening ceremony of the “Juan Antonio Samaranch Museum” in Tianjin (China), situated approximately 160 km southeast of the capital... [more] |  |
| General News 25.04.13 | |
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| FIL Expert Commissions met in St. Leonhard | |
| FIL Athletes‘ Commission met with IOC representative for the first time St. Leonhard (pps) As a preparation for the upcoming 61st Congress of the International Luge Federation (FIL) in Istanbul, Turkey, at the end of June, the FIL expert commissions have met in Austria’s St. Leonhard. The... [more] |  |
| Artificial Track News 26.03.13 | |
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| 1st All-Russian Leonid Gart Cup held in Sochi | |
| Sochi (FIL) Tatiana Ivanova, Viktor Kneib and Ivan Nevmerzitsky/Vladimir Prohorov are the winners of the 1st All-Russian Leonid Gart Cup, which was held in Sochi, Russia from March 21 to 22, 2013. It was the first edition of this open competition staged in honor of the former President of the... [more] |  |
| General News 26.03.13 | |
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| Poland’s new federation President Michal Jasnosz | |
| Inaugural visit to FIL President Josef Fendt Berchtesgaden (pps) The newly-elected President of the national luge federation of Poland, Michal Jasnosz, paid an inaugural visit to the President of the International Luge Federation (FIL), Josef Fendt from Germany. Issues discussed at the... [more] |  |
| General News 21.03.13 | |
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| Ceremony to celebrate 20-year-anniversary of FIL Office | |
| Berchtesgaden (pps) The International Luge Federation, FIL, celebrates the 20-year anniversary of the opening of its headquarters in 2013. This is the reason why the FIL organized a small ceremony at its offices at Rathausplatz 9 in Berchtesgaden. It wasn’t easy to persuade his predecessor, Bert... [more] |  |
| General News 20.03.13 | |
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| In Istanbul at the end of June | |
| FIL President Josef Fendt calls 61st Congress Berchtesgaden (pps) On Wednesday (March 20), the President of the International Luge Federation (FIL), Josef Fendt of Germany, has officially called the 61st FIL Congress. For the first time in the FIL history, Turkey and its metropolis... [more] |  |
| General News 14.03.13 | |
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| Spotlight on test events | |
| IOC Coordination Commission makes ninth visit to Sochi Sochi (pps) The International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s Coordination Commission paid its penultimate visit to Sochi this week, as local organisers continued to draw lessons from an array of test events ahead of the 2014 Olympic... [more] | |
| General News 13.03.13 | |
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| 5000 spectators saw season final | |
| "Icetrack Stars and Kings”-Festival in Sigulda Sigulda (pps) About 5000 spectators saw the „Icetrack Stars and Kings”-Festival at the artificially refrigerated track in Sigulda, Latvia. Apart from sporting activities and exhibits of the history of the sport of luge, the spectators were... [more] |  |
| General News 07.03.13 | |
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| USA Luge Executive Director Ron Rossi Steps Down | |
| Lake Placid (pps) The USA Luge Executive Board has accepted the resignation of Ron Rossi as Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer. This was announced on Wednesday (March 6) in a press release by USA Luge. Ron Rossi served USA Luge as Executive Director for 28 years. Rossi is a 1984... [more] | |
| Artificial Track News 04.03.13 | |
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| Tønnes Stang Rolfsen and Gry Martine Mostue Norwegian Luge Champions | |
| Lillehammer (pps) Tønnes Stang Rolfsen and Gry Martine Mostue are the winners of the 2013 Norwegian Luge Championships. On the artificially refrigerated track of the 1994 Olympic Winter Games in Lillehammer, the 25-year-old Rolfsen relegated his teammate Thor Haug Nørbech to second place. With his... [more] |  |
| Artificial Track News 01.03.13 | |
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| Swiss luger Carigiet with track record to the Olympic Games | |
| Sochi (pps) Swiss luger Gregory Carigiet will start at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, with a track record to his name. As the winner of the Nations Cup, a qualifying event for the Viessmann Luge World Cup, the 25-year-old set a track record of 53.013 seconds at the “Sliding Center... [more] |  |
| General News 01.03.13 | |
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| FIL raised budget for transport costs by 60,000 Euro | |
| Sochi (pps) The International Luge Federation, FIL, has again raised the budget for transport costs. The already generous budget was raised by another 60,000 Euro. This was announced by FIL Vice President of Finance Harald Steyrer during the Viessmann Luge World Cup in Sochi, Russia. The reason... [more] |  |
| Natural Track News 28.02.13 | |
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| FIL World Cup Vatra Dornei (ROU) - Schopf/Schopf (AUT) crown their season with a win | |
| Vatra Dornei (ck) - In every race of the season they finished on the podium, but only in the last event of the winter they managed to claim the top spot on the podium: in the race which was started at 8am again and was held in one run only, Christian Schopf/Andreas Schopf (AUT) celebrated their... [more] |  |
| Natural Track News 27.02.13 | |
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| FIL World Cup Vatra Dornei (ROU) - Pigneter (ITA) and Lavrentjeva (RUS) win again | |
| Vatra Dornei (ck) - After the track workers’ nightshift and moving the start time to 8am, one competition run for men and for women could be held in the spring like weather of Vatra Dornei. To be on the safe side the race director had decided to hold only one combined run for World and Nations’... [more] |  |