Erfurt (pps) Germany’s 2006 Olympic silver medalists and three-time World Champions André Florschütz/Torsten Wustlich are finishing their luge careers. 2002 Olympic champions and four-time World Champions Patric Leitner/Alexander Resch (GER), as well as the 1998 Olympic bronze medalists and 2002 Olympic silver medalists Mark Grimmette/Brian Martin (USA) had already ended their career as luge athletes earlier on.
Florschütz/Wustlich, 2009/2010 Overall Viessmann World Cup champions and Olympic fifth-placers in Vancouver 2010, will continue to be involved in the sport of luge as coaches: André Florschütz will pass his experience on to young athletes at the sports high school in Oberhof; Torsten Wustlich plans to work as a coach in Saxony, Germany.
