Calgary (pps) Sochi, venue of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games, will host the 58th Congress of the International Luge Federation, FIL, in 2010. The city on the Russian Black Sea coast was elected during the 56th FIL Congress in Calgary, Canada.

Previously, both federations from Latvia and the USA had surprisingly withdrawn their bids for Riga and Lake Placid respectively. The upcoming 57th FIL Congress in 2009 will take place – as determined last year during the “Anniversary Congress” in Innsbruck – at Liberec in the Czech Republic.