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Luge
at the
2014 Winter Olympics
was held at the
Sliding Center Sanki
near
Krasnaya Polyana
,
Russia
. The four events were scheduled for 8?13 February 2014.
[1]
In April 2011 the
International Olympic Committee
approved the addition of the mixed team relay event (one sled from each of the other three events compete per country), meaning luge will have four events on the program for the first time.
[2]
In December 2017, IOC concluded that two Russian lugers
Albert Demchenko
and
Tatiana Ivanova
had committed an anti-doping violation and stripped Russia of 2 silver medals.
[3]
In January 2018, both athletes successfully appealed against the IOC decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sport and both medals were returned to Russia.
[4]
Competition schedule
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The following is the competition schedule for all four events.
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All times are (
UTC+4
).
Date
|
Time
|
Event
|
8 February
|
18:30
|
Men's singles runs 1 and 2
|
9 February
|
18:30
|
Men's singles runs 3 and 4
|
10 February
|
18:45
|
Women's singles runs 1 and 2
|
11 February
|
18:30
|
Women's singles runs 3 and 4
|
12 February
|
18:15
|
Doubles runs 1 and 2
|
13 February
|
20:15
|
Team relay
|
Medal summary
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Medal table
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*
Host nation (
Russia
)
Events
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Qualification
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A total quota of 110 athletes were allowed to compete at the Games. Countries were assigned quotas using the world rankings of results from 1 November 2012 to 31 December 2013.
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Participating nations
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110 athletes from 24 nations were participating. Both
Kazakhstan
and
Tonga
[7]
(also making its
Winter Olympics
debut) marked their first Olympic appearances in the sport.
India
's athlete competed as an Independent Olympic Participants, as the
Indian Olympic Association
was suspended by the
International Olympic Committee
;
[8]
the suspension was later lifted, but not before India's athlete had already competed under the Independent Olympic Participant banner.
[9]
IOC decision to disqualify Russia
[10]
was nullified by the
Court of Arbitration for Sport
.
[4]
References
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External links
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