FEB  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Luge        Yanqing National Sliding Centre
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“Snow Dragon” track
START 
Women 1 2
Men 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16  FINISH
Turn
Chicane
360-degree turn
Outrun: deceleration zone

David Gleirscher (AUT), 2018 Olympic champion


Vertical drop 127m
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Gradient
Average 6.0 ̊  Max 18.0 ̊

Length
Men 1582.7m 
Women 1475.1m

135 km/h Max speed
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Spiked gloves push on ice to gain traction after launch
4mm spikes
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MEDAL WINNERS, PYEONGCHANG 2018

Men
D Gleirscher (AUT) 
C Mazdzer (USA)
J Ludwig (GER)

Women
N Geisenberger (GER) 
D Eitberger (GER)
A Gough (CAN)

Doubles 
Germany 
Austria 
Germany

Team relay 
Germany 
Canada 
Austria
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Sources: Beijing 2022, FIL
Picture: Getty Images
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