With women competing in doubles in luge for the first time, here's what to know about the fastest sport in the Winter Olympics

Team USA is sending its largest Luge team ever to the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games, with 11 competitors across the men's and women's teams. The team includes returning Olympians Summer Britcher, Emily Fischnaller and Ashley Farquharson,

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CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Germany, Austria, Italy. They were the three best luge nations at the Milan Cortina Olympics, and very fittingly, they were the three best teams in the team relay on Thursday night.

The Women’s Doubles Run 2 in Luge competition at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina are here! This is one of the highest-profile luge events of the Olympics. It will air from the Cortina Sliding Centre. The race begins on Wednesday, Feb. 11 at 12:53 p.m. ET with live coverage on Peacock and NBC Olympics.

Competitions at the Winter Olympics are defined by extremes: extreme air, extreme speed and extreme temperatures. On sliding tracks, athletes in luge, bobsleigh and skeleton break highway speed limits.

The Ukrainian luge relay team showed solidarity with skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych, barred from competing for wearing a helmet honoring Ukrainian athletes killed in the conflict with Russia.

The Men’s Doubles Run 2 in Luge competition at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina are here! This is one of the highest-profile luge events of the Olympics. It will air from the Cortina Sliding Centre. The race begins on Wednesday, Feb. 11 at 1:44 p.m. ET with live coverage on Peacock and NBC Olympics.