| Artificial Track News 22.10.12 | |
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| Canadian Luge Championships | |
| Sam Edney and Alex Gough defended National Titles Whistler (pps) Alex Gough and Sam Edney have defended their titles at the Canadian Luge Championships at the Whistler Sliding Centre. The 28-year-old Edney, who will be counted on to lead the men’s program to the 2014 Olympics, captured... [more] | |
| General News 16.10.12 | |
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| Two-time Olympic and World Champion: | |
| Steffi Walter celebrates a big birthday Großdubrau (pps) Mostly unnoticed by the public one of the big stars in the sport of luge celebrated a big birthday. Steffi Walter, Olympic champion at the 1984 Games in Sarajevo under her maiden name Martin and again four years later in Calgary,... [more] | |
| General News 12.10.12 | |
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| IOC Commission praises notable Progress for Sochi 2014 | |
| Sochi (pps) The eighth visit of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission to Sochi concluded with Commission Chairman Jean-Claude Killy praising the local organisers of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games for the notable progress they have made in preparations, just weeks before... [more] | |
| Natural Track News 12.10.12 | |
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| International Instructor Course for Natural Track Luge | |
| Berchtesgaden (ck) - On two weekends, from November 22nd-25th and December 13th-16th, an international instructor course for natural track luge will be held. During first weekend in Salzburg (AUT) mainly theory lectures like training science, sports biology, structures and history of the FIL will... [more] | |
| Artificial Track News 11.10.12 | |
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| Sochi 2014 presents Pictograms for Winter Games | |
| Sochi (pps) The 2014 Sochi Organising Committee (RUS) has revealed the pictograms chosen for the sports and disciplines of the Winter Games. With one and a half year until the Opening Ceremony on 7 February 2014, the stylised images have now been presented to the public. They will guide visitors at... [more] |  |
| General News 05.10.12 | |
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| In 2011/2012 around 449 hours on TV in total | |
| Almost a half billion people watched luge on television Berchtesgaden (pps) The broadcasts this past winter brought excellent figures. World-wide 449 hours were broadcast, almost a half billion people watched the races in the 2011/2012 Viessmann World Cup and the International Luge... [more] | |
| Artificial Track News 01.10.12 | |
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| Julia Clukey, Tucker West and Mortensen-Griffal US start champions | |
| Lake Placid (pps) Julia Clukey, Tucker West and Matt Mortensen-Preston Griffal have won the USA Luge Start Championships, carried out at the indoor refrigerated training center in Lake Placid. The competition tested start reaction to a gate that swung from closed to open to begin each... [more] | |
| General News 27.09.12 | |
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| FIL Executive Board meets in Bucharest | |
| Setting the course ahead of the new luge season Bucharest (pps) The Executive Board of the International Luge Federation, FIL, took some important decisions to set the course ahead of the start of the new luge season. In Bucharest the focus was on the homologation process and the current... [more] |  |
| Artificial Track News 26.09.12 | |
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| The countdown starts: 500 days to the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi | |
| Luge Athletes to have their final rehearsal at the World Cup final Sochi (pps) The countdown begins: Exactly 500 days to go until the start of fhe XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. After the Opening Ceremony on February 7, 2014 in the Olympic Stadium the athletes of the... [more] |  |
| General News 17.09.12 | |
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| 100th Anniversary of Baron Eduard Alexandrowitsch von Falz-Fein | |
| FIL Executive Board headed by President Josef Fendt presented a special gift Vaduz/Liechtenstein (pps) Headed by FIL President Josef Fendt, the Executive Board of the International Luge Federation (FIL) had the honor to visit Baron Eduard Alexandrowitsch von Falz-Fein on the occasion of... [more] |  |
| Artificial Track News 10.09.12 | |
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| Miro Zayonc new Head Coach of the US National Team | |
| Lake Placid (pps) USA Luge Sports Program Director Mark Grimmette announced that Miro Zayonc will take over duties as Head Coach of the National Team, effective immediately. This was now published by the US Federation in Lake Placid. Zayonc, born in the former Czechoslovakia, competed in... [more] |  |
| General News 10.09.12 | |
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| Long-time treasurer and one of the Olympic pioneers | |
| FIL Honorary Member Baron Eduard von Falz-Fein celebrates his 100th birthday Vaduz / Liechtenstein (pps) Baron Eduard Alexandrowitsch von Falz-Fein, one of the three still living Honorary Members of the International Luge Federation, FIL, will celebrate his 100th birthday in... [more] |  |
| General News 05.09.12 | |
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| Russian Luge Federation with new President | |
| Natalia Gart pays first courtesy call to FIL President Josef Fendt Berchtesgaden (pps) Natalia Gart, new President of Russia’s Luge Federation, paid her inaugural visit to Josef Fendt, President of the International Luge Federation, FIL. Just a week after her election, succeeding her late... [more] |  |
| General News 03.09.12 | |
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| Presentation of building projects for natural and artificially refrigerated tracks | |
| FIL President Josef Fendt on a two-day visit in Poland Warsaw/Goldap (pps) Josef Fendt of Berchtesgaden, President of the International Luge Federation, FIL, returned from his visit to Poland with downright positive impressions. In Warsaw 64-year old Fendt met with representatives of... [more] |  |
| General News 30.08.12 | |
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| Widow successor to her late husband - Natalia Gart new President of Russian Luge Federation | |
| Moscow (pps) Natalie Gart has been elected the new president of the Russian Luge Federation. She succeeds her late husband Leonid, who died in a tragic accident in Croatia in June. This information was announced by the Federation in Moscow. “I am grateful for the support of the Russian Luge... [more] | |