The Ukraine’s coach reaction when Dukach hit the wall was absolute cinema.

Max Langenhan holds a .294 advantage over Jonas Müller going into this fourth and final heat. Dominik Fischnaller is 3rd, .248 back. It's nearly a half second back to Kristers Aparjods, who will need some help to break into the medals here.

We *love* it when someone has a redemption run to finish their Olympics! So happy for Eddy there, just a great slide to finish his Games!

The Germans work with Swtizerland and Argentina, while the Americans work with Australia and Japan. It's kind of one of the things I love about the sport, is the larger nations helping out the smaller ones with coaching and sled tech

A lot of your smaller nations get help from larger ones. Alex Ferlazzo has worked with the American and Canadian federations a lot, and Seiya Kobayashi has worked extensively with the Americans as well. Big trouble late for Seyia, he'll miss the 4th heat.

My dude looks 32 not 22 with the stache 😂

USA will have both of their sliders in the fourth and final heat. Matt Greiner will likely be third or fourth off the top, Jonny Gustafson will be 10th off.

Coming up at 11AM ET we'll have the third run of men's luge from Cortina d'Ampezzo! Max Langenhan leads, Jonas Müller is right in the hunt for gold, Dominik Fischnaller is looking to move up on his home track, there's a bunch of sliders who could sneak onto the podium! Thread here, TV on Peacock

What a disappointing race for Felix Loch. He hits the wall right again at the start. He came into the Olympics as your favorite for gold. He's won more races than any active luger, and more races than anyone this season. But it's just not his Olympics. He's down and holds position in 8th.

Germany's Max Langenhan is going to hold a .294 second lead over Jonas Müller going into the final heat of men's luge. Domninik Fischnaller will go into the final heat in third with a strong chance for his second straight Olympic bronze medal.

Max Langenhan holds a .16 lead over Jonas Müller coming into this heat. He almost hit the wall right at the start, that's mostly because you're TRYING to get to the right off the start, but you obviously want to stay off the wall. Really great slide again for Langenhan, track record! 52.705

Coming up at 11AM ET we'll have the third run of men's luge from Cortina d'Ampezzo! Max Langenhan leads, Jonas Müller is right in the hunt for gold, Dominik Fischnaller is looking to move up on his home track, there's a bunch of sliders who could sneak onto the podium! Thread here, TV on Peacock

At 11:00 AM ET we'll have the third and fourth runs of men's singles luge! Max Langenhan leads Jonas Müller and Dominik Fischnaller, but there's a lot that can happen over these two runs! Kristers Aparjpods is closest to breaking onto the podium Yesterday's race report: www.slidingonice.com?p=13802

At 11:00 AM ET we'll have the third and fourth runs of men's singles luge! Max Langenhan leads Jonas Müller and Dominik Fischnaller, but there's a lot that can happen over these two runs! Kristers Aparjpods is closest to breaking onto the podium Yesterday's race report: www.slidingonice.com?p=13802

One of the places I get my golf shirts from did not get the memo about how it’s going, and is like “hey, maybe you should send that text…”

I already have one. His name is Speedy, he’s a good little friend.

I love when the world at large gets to experience snowboarders

Live look at the glamorous life of an Olympic journalist 🎥: @byalexazzi.bsky.social

Watching the biathlon mixed relay and it's always a little weird watching a sport you watch all the time, but in the Olympics the graphics are all just a little different. Like the same information is there, and it's generally the same presentation, but the colors and fonts are all wrong.

Some extra information on this: The Brits showed up to St. Moritz with these new helmets, that apparently are incorporating some cycling helmet elements. IBSF told them no, there was an appeal to the IBSF appeals board, that was shot down, and now they won't be used in the Olympics either.

I regret to inform you all that both Alessandra Fumagalli and Mattia Gaspari (and everyone else) had to get new headshots for the Olympics. My understanding is that they were not allowed to bring a bow of spaghetti. The spaghetti was classic spaghetti with oil and parmigiano reggiano

okay ive decided, for the US podium outfits: - the jackets are VERY cool but should be louder. theyre on the podium at the Olympics, their outfits should be as obnoxious as possible - it bugs me A LOT that the pants are a different shade of white

For the #WinterOlympics enjoyers on Bluesky - the official app of sports - @thekenchilds.com is a must follow.

As @dennycarter.bsky.social correctly points out, this *is* the app for sports.

I've been running my sliding sport website for nearly 15 years. This is my fourth Winter Olympics I've covered in one way or another. By far, I've seen more enthusiasm for the Olympics here on Bluesky than I remember on any other social media platform. It's legitimately not even close.

I regret to inform you all that both Alessandra Fumagalli and Mattia Gaspari (and everyone else) had to get new headshots for the Olympics. My understanding is that they were not allowed to bring a bow of spaghetti. The spaghetti was classic spaghetti with oil and parmigiano reggiano

And if you want to see what it's like to get down Umhausen, here's the gold medalist from the 2020 night race, Michael Sheikl's race winning run. You'll note the very long straight and mostly tighter corners than you see on a lot of Alpine tracks. It's one of the most technical courses on tour.

And if you want to see what it's like to get down Umhausen, here's the gold medalist from the 2020 night race, Michael Sheikl's race winning run. You'll note the very long straight and mostly tighter corners than you see on a lot of Alpine tracks. It's one of the most technical courses on tour.

Axel also posted these two images to his instagram when he won bronze in Lake Placid during the 2025 World Championships The dude is legitimately one of my favorite people on tour, I'll miss him when he retires.

The thing that makes Umhausen unique from the other natural track Alpine courses is the very tight curves. Every Alpine course has some tight curves, but Umhausen is almost entirely long straights into tight curves. Here you can see the course layout in the summertime, many just one sweeper.

Today's Olympic action was NOT the only luge action going on in the world! We had both men's and women's Alpine Luge from Umhausen and had two tremendously close races to show for it! Below is a thread with the race highlights.

The men's Alpine season has been a complete tossup like it is nearly every single season. We've had multiple races won by less than a tenth of a second, but it's been Daniel Gruber who has been the most consistent.

We have a LOT of first time winners in women's Alpine this season. Evelin Lanthaler retired having won 35 straight and 46 of her final 47 races. So a bunch of younger sliders are winning their first races, and it's kind of fun to see right now! The future is very great in women's Alpine Luge!

Today's Olympic action was NOT the only luge action going on in the world! We had both men's and women's Alpine Luge from Umhausen and had two tremendously close races to show for it! Below is a thread with the race highlights.

Worth repeating, yet again.

At the halfway point of the men's luge race in Cortina, an injured Max Langenhan leads Jonas Müller, with 2022 Olympic bronze medalist Dominik Fischnaller in third on his home track. Felix Loch, a favorite coming into the race, is eighth. Story: www.slidingonice.com?p=13802

Also, for the new folks here, a month ago I went through the movie "Cool Runnings" and live-skeeted it with kind of what is real, what is made up, what is just silly and everything else. It was a fun time, and I'd love it if you gave it a read!

I had mentioned to @sickoscommittee.org that Axel Jungk has the strongest mustache game in the business. Look at this man. This is your reigning Olympic silver medalist in men's skeleton. Just a legend.

Me watching figure skating: Wow he skates so pretty! Johnny Weir as soon as the music stops: A disgraceful performance. Horrible. I'm going to have nightmares about it for years.

“What if we just had the original XFL kickoff, but without the distraction of pads?” 🤔

Axel also posted these two images to his instagram when he won bronze in Lake Placid during the 2025 World Championships The dude is legitimately one of my favorite people on tour, I'll miss him when he retires.

I had mentioned to @sickoscommittee.org that Axel Jungk has the strongest mustache game in the business. Look at this man. This is your reigning Olympic silver medalist in men's skeleton. Just a legend.

The International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation's ban on the British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association skeleton helmets was upheld by CAS on Saturday. BBSA's helmets were found to have an aerodynamic advantage outside of current IBSF rules. Story: www.slidingonice.com?p=13788

Have I mentioned I love a mascot?

OMG TINA’S HERE!!!!!!

This is the third time now where there's been some issue with British Olympic skeleton uniforms. In 2010, Canada and USA appealed that Amy Williams had an illegal helmet. That appeal was thrown out. In 2018, while no appeal was filed, there were questions regarding GBR's sliding suits.

"Quad God" is what Aquaman calls himself under his breath as he stands just outside the frame of a photograph of Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman

At the halfway point of the men's luge race in Cortina, an injured Max Langenhan leads Jonas Müller, with 2022 Olympic bronze medalist Dominik Fischnaller in third on his home track. Felix Loch, a favorite coming into the race, is eighth. Story: www.slidingonice.com?p=13802

The International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation's ban on the British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association skeleton helmets was upheld by CAS on Saturday. BBSA's helmets were found to have an aerodynamic advantage outside of current IBSF rules. Story: www.slidingonice.com?p=13788

@sickoscommittee.org We very briefly mentioned Italy's biathlon team being in a small bit of disarray due to a failed doping test by Rebecca Passler She's appealing that failed doping test through CAS as of yesterday saying that her failed test was due to contamination