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Feb. 18
Men's Luge:
"It is a nice track. It does need some small changes. Then it will be a great track."
"Of course it would have been nicer if all had driven today. But they didn't have the correct material with them to drive on this type of track."
"I only brought one sled with me but I have often trained on very hard tracks before so it was the right sled for this track."
"I am really pleased that of course I am the winner on the track and I am happy to have the chance to be in this position."
"Of course this is one of the first tracks where we all had the same amount of training so I am very proud to have won the race."
--Armin Zoeggeler, Italy, Gold medal
Women's Luge:
"[Curves] 11 and 12 are definitely tricky spots. But that is what gives the track character."
--Ashley Hayden, USA, 12th place
"I had trouble in the training runs yesterday. But by the second run today, it just went superbly. But for a difficult track like this, seven training runs was too few."
"The track was slower today because of the weather with a little more grip in the ice."
--Sylke Otto, Germany, Gold Medal
"It is a very good feeling to have two of our team members win medals. We are very happy and I think they are happy too. It is not an easy track."
--Claus Alt, Head Coach Germany
Feb. 17
Men's double luge
"We're on the road for about four months out of the year and it's nice to have an event in the States where you are comfortable."
"It is a great feeling to be at home. It is too new to call this a home track yet."
"This is a fun track. You have to work all the way down. You can't relax. You definitely have to drive the sled all the way down the track."
--Mark Grimmette, USA, gold medal
"It's a great track. It is challenging. It evens out the competition. It is not a sled race. It is a drivers race."
"It is tricky and no one has learned it yet. It takes a long time to learn a new track."
--Gordy Sheer, USA
"We made a mistake on curve 16 and 17. If we had had that problem on a training run, we would have known how to deal with it. But that's racing."
--Chris Thorpe, USA
"The track is not so bad but we have lots to learn. The second run down was better than the first."
--Christian Oberstolz, Italy, bronze medal
"The track was not so fast yesterday because of the snow. It's bull riding. It's too fast."
--Alexander Resch, Germany
Women's Luge
"It's really hard. It's skiddesh today. The athletes who relax the most are really going to take it down. I'm hoping tomorrow the track will be a little faster and a little more drivable."
--Ashley Hayden, USA
"It's very slippery. The training conditions were snowy and it was like four seconds slower and now it's very slippery and very dangerous."
--Simone Eder, Austria
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