Verizon is holding a contest for novice lugers. It is on what they call a "simulated track" using what they call "plastic replicas of the real luge ice sleds." Real Olympic Luge champions will be on hand to offer tips, cheer you on, and perhaps even shake your hand. I'm hoping for an appearance by my long-standing (or sitting) luge hero, Georg Hackl.I did a quick search to see if Hackl will be competing in the upcoming Winter Olympics, to extend his record to medalling in six consecutive Olympics (he is currently the only winter olympian to medal in five). No word so far, but I see that he has branched out. The past two years he came in first place in the individual "wok race" where people slide down a hill while sitting in a wok.
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