Oberhof (pps) A colourful show opened the 40th FIL Luge World Championships 2008 in Oberhof (GER). Exactly at 20.46 hours the president of the International Luge Federation Mr Josef Fendt from Berchtesgaden declared the 3rd Championships after 1973 und 1985 in Thuringia open. Mr Fendt was accompanied by Mr Dieter Althaus, the prime minister of Thuringia. The show with a lot of music finished with a great firework.
