Munich (pps) Patric Leitner and Alexander Resch, the 2002 gold medal winners, suffered a setback in their preparation for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada. 32-year old pilot Leitner underwent cervical spine surgery at the Munich hospital “Rechts der Isar” on June 22 when a... [more]

David Möller races at SUZUKI Rally Cup

Geislingen (pps) David Möller changed his usual two runners for four wheels for his participation in the 2009 SUZUKI Rally Cup. The luge World Champion of 2004 and 2007 performed the fourth of six runs of a rally trophy staged by the sponsor... [more]

2013 Luge World Championships in Whistler, Canada – 2013 Junior World Championships in Park City

Liberec (pps) Three years after the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada, the artificial track in Whistler will again be the venue of a major sport event. In Liberec (CZE), the... [more]

FIL wants to see Team Relay at 2014 Winter Games in Sochi

Liberec (pps) The International Luge Federation (FIL) intends to include the Team Relay competition in the program of the Winter Games of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). „We hope that we will succeed in including... [more]

FIL Medal of Honor in silver for Josef Benz, Yury Sobota and Jiri Zaoral

Liberec (pps) At the 57th Congress of the International Luge Federation, FIL, in Liberec (CZE), Josef Benz, chairman of the Sport Commission artificial track, as well as Yury Sobota, Vice-President of Ukraine’s... [more]

Executive Board accepts Turkey and Tonga as provisional members

Liberec (pps) The luge family keeps growing. Prior to the 57th Congress in Liberec (CZE), the Executive Board of the world federation FIL accepted Turkey and Tonga in Oceania as provisional member nations. Both nations may... [more]

Natural track luge athlete Julian Schultz from Michigan, USA, has been severely injured in a car accident a few days ago. After successful surgery he is already out of ICU and hopefully looking at a full recovery. The luge community wishes all the best and get well soon!!

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Zianibeth Shattuck-Owen and Markus Schmidt additional members

Berchtesgaden (pps) Sepp Benz, the chairman of the Sport Commission of the International Luge Federation (FIL), will be the head of the jury at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada. Additional jury members... [more]

The Italian three-times World Champion Patrick Pigneter and his double partner two-times World Champion Florian Clara received their trophy for “Best Natural Track Luge Athlete of the Year” for the season 2008/09 in the “Landhaus” in Bolzano, Italy, on Wednesday, June 10, 2009. Governor of South... [more]