Germans 1st, 2nd at midpoint of men's Olympic luge

The Washington Post ^ | 2-13-10 | AP

[Onerom99]

WHISTLER, British Columbia -- Germany's Felix Loch has a sizable lead at the midway point of the men's Olympic luge competition. Loch finished two runs Saturday night in 1 minute, 36.570 seconds, 0.282 seconds ahead of countryman David Moeller. Two-time defending Olympic champion Armin Zoeggeler of Italy is third, 0.432 seconds off Loch's pace. From the U.S., Tony Benshoof is seventh, Chris Mazdzer 13th and Bengt Walden 15th. The final two runs are Sunday. A moment of silence was held at the track before racing began in memory of Nodar Kumaritashvili, the 21-year-old from the republic of Georgia who died in a training crash Friday.

[Onerom99]

Felt like I had to post this and do a little bragging of my home. I'm not quite counting my chickens yet, but I am sitting on a $50 wager on Felix Loch at 6-1. :-D :-D.

Figured the best starters would enjoy the shortened track and Loch is definently the best in the field at the start. Nearly 600m less of track means less time for others to make up losses at the start.

[Natural Law]

We now know who the one person in the world who cares is.....yawn.

[Yossarian]

You cared enough to click on the link - pretty rude of you, IMHO....

(And there’s nothing yawn inducing about luge!)

[stinkerpot65]

I watched about five minutes of women’s “mogul” last and decided that SpongeBob was more interesting.