Lake Placid (pps) Spectators in Lake Placid were downright enthusiastic with regard to the SUZUKI Team Relay. “The relay event has been a great success,” said FIL Executive Director Hartmut Kardaetz who attentively followed the competition. Moreover, the victorious US team fuelled expectations with regard to the upcoming 2009 FIL World Championships which will be carried out in the host city of the 1932 and 1980 Olympic Games. And it proved to be the best advertising for the sport of luge and of course the 2009 Worlds.