(ck) – With Croatia and Romania two national federations have opened natural luge tracks during the last winter season. Both tracks have been busy already. In Carlibaba in Romania the first competition has been held March 1-4, 2012. The homologation for international races is planned for the near future. Croatia has with Plesivica and Delnice two natural tracks which both have been used for competitions already, one of them having been the Croatian national championships with participation of Slovenia. Croatia plans to have its own natural track luge team next season.