Nerves on ice: Faces of the 90-mph Olympic luge event

Alex Mead

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Feb 7, 2022

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Seiya Kobayashi of Japan takes a practice run during a men’s luge training session at during the men’s singles luge training at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. AP

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Rupert Staudinger of Great Britain takes a practice run during a men’s luge training session at during the men’s singles luge training at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. AP

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Natalie Corless of Canada in action. REUTERS

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Semen Pavlichenko of the Russian Olympic Committee starts his run during a men’s luge training session at during the men’s singles luge training at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. AP

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Czech Republic’s Michael Lejsek takes part in the men’s singles luge training session. AFP via Getty Images

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Reid Watts of Canada in action. REUTERS

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Andriy Mandziy, of Ukraine, slides during a luge men’s run at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022. AP

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Frisch Aileen Christina of South Korea in action. REUTERS

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Raluca Stramaturaru of Romania in action. REUTERS

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Tatyana Ivanova of the Russian Olympic Committee in action. REUTERS

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Johannes Ludwig of Germany in action during training. REUTERS

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Jonathan Gustafson of the United States in action. REUTERS

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Romania’s Valentin Cretu takes part in the men’s singles luge. AFP via Getty Images

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Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt of Germany slide during a luge doubles training session at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. AP

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Russia’s Aleksandr Denisev and Vladislav Antonov take part in luge doubles training. AFP via Getty Images

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Veronica Maria Ravenna of Argentina starts her run. AP

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Nico Gleirscher of Austria in action. REUTERS

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Anna Berreiter of Germany in action. REUTERS

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