Armin Zoeggeler (ITA) ZOOMS to Victory!
February 13, 2006 by admin
Filed under Sports Rumors
Multiple World Championship Winning Luger, Armin Zoeggeler, zoomed to victory in a stunning 3 minutes 26 seconds. His closest competitor, Russian Albert Demtschenko, was a paper-thin 110 milliseconds behind.
Zoeggeler’s victory brings home Italy’s first Gold Medal.
Zoeggeler zoommed past spectators to take home the Gold
(Source: International Olympic Committee)
Zoeggeler, a winner of many World Championships, has never won an Olympic Gold since his debut at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics.
The Americans went home empty handed again despite sending many world-class lugers to the Olympics.
Don’t know what luge is? Read all about it on the NBC Web Site. Also, don’t forget to take an exciting video tour down the $93 million Olympic luge course (4708 ft long) featuring 19 turns. The luge course is the same one used for the Bobsleding and Skeleton events.
The Luge Video Tour at the NBC Web Site (Source: NBC)
