Austria’s David Gleirscher wins shock gold after dramatic final runsChris Mazdzer wins first US medal in men’s singles lugeGermanys Felix Loch looked set for third consecutive goldDavid Gleirscher struggled to make Austria’s Olympic team and Chris Mazdzer’s season hit rock-bottom less than a month ago. In the end it didn’t matter: they finished with gold and silver medals respectively as the Olympic reign of Germany’s Felix Loch came to a stunning and sudden end.
Gleirscher was the surprise first-hurry leader and a bigger surprise as the leader when it was all over. He finished his four runs at the Alpensia Sliding middle in 3 minutes,10.702 seconds for the gold, Austria’s first in men’s luge in 50 years.
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Source: guardian.co.uk