COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The luge competitions at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games have ended, but some young enthusiasts in the central Ohio area are focused on the sport all year round. As the Winter Olympics have been going on,

"Milan has been very nice, and the people have been very hospitable. I'm walking everywhere, some people recognize me as the world's greatest curler, and some people have no idea who I am," said Shaq, laughing. When asked which winter sport he would compete in, the Big Diesel had two picks in mind.

Luge competition is officially underway at the 2026 Winter Olympics, as races yesterday and today already delivered some hardware for Team USA. The world's fastest athletes on ice have been flying down the track as the Olympic luge competition kicked off at this year's Winter Games.

Can't view the above video? Click here. Women’s doubles luge officially became an Olympic sport on Wednesday, debuting at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. Before this year, Olympic doubles luge was technically open to both men and women,

The team relay will be the final luge event of the Milan Cortina Olympics and will take place Thursday in Italy.

It's a bird, it's a plane! Nope — it's a luge racer speeding down an ice track at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. Luge — a sport where athletes hurl themselves downhill feet-first on a small sled — wins the gold medal for the fastest Winter Olympic event.

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.