Luge At The 2018 Winter Olympics – Doubles
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luge A luge () is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds Supine position, supine (face-up) and feet-first. A luger begins seated, propelling themselves initially from handles on either side of the start ramp, then steers by using the Ca ...
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2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics (), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (; ) and also known as PyeongChang 2018 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang County, South Ko ...
was held on 14 February 2018 at the
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Tobias Wendl Tobias Wendl (born 16 June 1987) is a German luger who has competed since 1993, acting as a front. He won a silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 2008 FIL World Luge Championships in Oberhof, Germany, a silver and a bronze at the FIL Eu ...
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Tobias Arlt Tobias Arlt (born 2 June 1987) is a German luger, acting as a back driver. He won a silver medal in the men's doubles event at the FIL World Luge Championships 2008, 2008 FIL World Luge Championships, a silver and a bronze at the FIL European Lug ...
, the defending champions, repeated their 2014 success and won gold medals.
Peter Penz Peter Penz (born 5 April 1984 in Hall in Tirol) is an Austrian former luger who competed between 2003 and 2018. He and doubles partner Georg Fischler took two medals at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyongchang: a silver in the doubles competitio ...
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Georg Fischler Georg Fischler (born 3 July 1985 in Hall in Tirol) is an Austrian former luger who competed between 2003 and 2018. He and doubles partner Peter Penz took two medals at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyongchang: a silver in the ...
became second, and
Toni Eggert Toni Eggert (born 12 May 1988) is a German luge A luge () is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds Supine position, supine (face-up) and feet-first. A luger begins seated, propelling themselves initially from handles on either ...
third
Sascha Benecken Sascha Benecken (born 14 February 1990) is a German luger who has competed since 1999. With his doubles partner Toni Eggert Toni Eggert (born 12 May 1988) is a German luge A luge () is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds ...
. Wendl and Arlt were also first in both runs, Penz and Fischler second in both runs, and Eggert and Benecken third in both runs. For Penz, Fischler, Eggert, and Benecken these were their first Olympic medals. The 2014 bronze medalists,
Andris Šics Andris Šics (born 12 May 1985) is a former Latvian luger. He competed in the 2006, 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics, and won a silver medal in the men's doubles event in 2010 and two bronze medals in 2014, alongside his teammate and elder brother ...
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Juris Šics Juris Šics (born 26 April 1983) is a former Latvian luger. He competed in the 2006, 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics, and won a silver medal in the men's doubles event in 2010 and two bronze medals in 2014, alongside his teammate and younger brothe ...
, were ninth in the first run and fourth in the second run, which was only sufficient for the fifth place overall.


Qualifying athletes

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Competition schedule

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Results

Two runs were used to determine the winner.Final results
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References

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