Luge Headlines

• Aussie auctions suit for late luger's family POSTED: Feb 26, 2:22p ET | UPDATED: Mar 5, 10:27a ET Australian luger Hannah Campbell-Pegg is auctioning her Olympic race suit to raise funds for the family of late Georgian slider Nodar Kumaritashvili who died in a training crash two weeks ago.
  
• IOC's Rogge urges Russians to build safe luge track POSTED: Feb 25, 4:02p ET | UPDATED: Feb 25, 4:17p ET IOC president Jacques Rogge said Thursday he has urged Russian organizers to build the sliding track for the 2014 Winter Olympics "absolutely for safety first."
  
• IOC to act on luge death tragedy POSTED: Feb 21, 4:53a ET | UPDATED: Feb 21, 5:02a ET

  IOC president Jacques Rogge promised Saturday to do "everything in my power" to prevent a repeat of the crash that killed an Olympic luger and raised questions about the safety of speed events.

• Georgians mourn luger who died in practice POSTED: Feb 19, 1:56p ET | UPDATED: Feb 20, 1:08p ET Hundreds of people are gathering in Bakuriani, Georgia, to pay final respects to a luger killed during a practice run at the Vancouver Olympics. Olympic athlete Nodar Kumaritashvili will be buried in his hometown on Saturday.
  
• Georgian luger's coach says accident saved others POSTED: Feb 18, 1:28p ET | UPDATED: Feb 18, 4:31p ET The coach and uncle of the Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili, who was killed during a practice run at the Vancouver Olympics, says the athlete's death has saved the lives of other competitors.
  
• 2009-10 Luge World Cup central POSTED: Nov 16, 2:15p ET | UPDATED: Feb 18, 5:47p ET Follow the 2009-10 luge World Cup season with weekly race recaps, photo galleries and more from the track.
• No medals for U.S. luge team, but they had fun POSTED: Feb 17, 10:26p ET | UPDATED: Feb 18, 2:15p ET

  The U.S. luge team arrived at the Vancouver Games confident it could win medals on a lightning-fast track that suited its top sliders and would proudly showcase their sport like never before. And then everything - including their fortunes - changed.

   

• Why Germans rule the sliding world POSTED: Feb 17, 2:00p ET | UPDATED: Feb 17, 7:55p ET Germany's all-time luge great Sylke Otto neatly summed up why the country dominates the sport before watching Tatjana Huefner blaze to Olympic gold on Tuesday. "When you have so many athletes at a high level pushing each other that is why we perform so well at the big moments."
  
  
• Olympic luger's body arrives in hometown POSTED: Feb 17, 5:15a ET | UPDATED: Feb 17, 1:07p ET The body of the Georgian luger killed during a practice run at the Vancouver Olympics was flown Wednesday to his hometown, where his grief-stricken mother threw herself on his coffin and cried: "Why have I survived you?"
  
• Germany grabs another gold as the U.S. struggles POSTED: Feb 16, 7:22p ET | UPDATED: Feb 17, 4:20a ET

  American Erin Hamlin couldn't reclaim the momentum of her 2009 world title win and raced to a dismal 16th place in her second Games. Germany's Tatjana Huefner maintained her lead throughout to claim her first-ever Olympic gold.

• It's Germany in control at women's luge POSTED: Feb 15, 11:15p ET | UPDATED: Feb 16, 1:58a ET

  They came slowly down the start ramp that nobody wanted to use, the world's best women's luge racers wobbling like rookies through the initial curve. But Germany's Tatjana Huefner is the leader midway through the women's luge competition, while American Erin Hamlin struggled on the track to place 15th on Day 4.