Moffat/Moffat wins the double’s race
Whistler (pps) Canada’s Chris Moffat/Mike Moffat won the double’s race in the Nation’s cup at the opening of the Viessmann Luge World Cup at Whistler. On the up-coming Olympic track for the Winter Games 2010 at Vancouver the brothers finished in 49,330 Seconds and got qualified for the double’s World Cup [...]

Italy’s Armin Zöggeler, the man with the straightest posture, clinched his eighth career World Cup overall title in luge and Canadian coach Wolfgang Staudinger said he got caught with his pants down Saturday at Canada Olympic Park. Zöggeler, the reigning Olympic champion, posted a two-run time of one minute 30.375 at the Viessman World Cup in Calgary.

American Erin Hamlin ends German’s 11-year luge winning streak on home track in New York. Canada’s Alex Gough added another chapter to a story book season on Friday after finishing fourth at the Luge World Championships in Lake Placid, N.Y.

The four Canadian luge athletes who teamed up to win Canada a silver medal in the team competition earlier this week, all slid into the top-15 at the Luge World Cup in Altenberg, Germany over the weekend. Calgary’s 24-year-old Sam Edney enjoyed one of his strongest performances of the year in men’s singles on Sunday. Edney finished as the top Canuck after sliding into 13th spot with a time of one minute 51.561 seconds.

Canada’s team consisting of Calgary’s Alex Gough, Sam Edney and brother tandem of Chris and Mike Moffat, finished second behind the nearly untouchable Germans after blowing down the challenging 15-cure Altenberg track.

Jeff Christie Socked in at 13h on Luge World Cup, Moffat Brothers Finish 12th
Canada’s Kim McRae wins bronze medal at Junior Luge World Cup
Oberhof, Ger. – Jeff Christie was en route to posting his best World Cup luge finish of the season, but Mother Nature had other things in mind, forcing the Canadian to [...]

ALEX GOUGH READY TO STING LIKE A BEE WHILE CRACKING TOP-10 AGAIN ON LUGE WORLD CUP
Chris and Mike Moffat finish 11th in World Cup doubles racing
In CESANA, Ita. – Canada’s Alex Gough is proof success stimulates success in high-performance sport.The 21-year-old Calgarian, who struggled to find her way into the top-15 last year, has [...]

ALEX GOUGH LEADS CANADIAN LUGE ATHLETES WITH NINTH-PLACE SHOWING AT WORLD CUP IN GERMANY 
Chris and Mike Moffat finish 10th in return to World Cup doubles racing
KÖNIGSSEE, Ger. – Canada’s Alex Gough picked up where she left off prior to the holiday break leading the nation’s best luge athletes at a World Cup in Germany.
The 21-year-old [...]