The luge competitions at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games have ended, but some young enthusiasts in the central Ohio area are focused on the sport all year round. As the Winter Olympics have been going on,

Nodar Kumaritashvili, a promising Georgian luger, collided with a metal pole during his final training run and died.

It's a bird, it's a plane! Nope — it's a luge racer speeding down an ice track at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. Luge — a sport where athletes hurl themselves downhill feet-first on a small sled — wins the gold medal for the fastest Winter Olympic event.

Can't view the above video? Click here. Women’s doubles luge officially became an Olympic sport on Wednesday, debuting at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. Before this year, Olympic doubles luge was technically open to both men and women,