If a child shows promise, he or she is invited to the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, N.Y., during the winter to try out the luge on a real ice track.

TAMPERE, Finland (AP) — Russian luge athletes are excluded from competing at the 2026 Winter Olympics even as individuals with neutral status, the sport's governing body decided Wednesday.

The Russian Luge Federation (FSSR) said it will take legal action over a decision by the sport's global governing body to bar the country's athletes from the qualifying process for the 2026 ...

Tatyana Ivanova, of Russian Olympic Committee, celebrates winning the bronze medal in the luge women's singles at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing.

FILE - Tatyana Ivanova, of Russian Olympic Committee, celebrates winning the bronze medal in the luge women's singles at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, in the Yanqing district of ...

Russian luge athletes will be banned from competing at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics even as individuals with neutral status, the sliding sport's governing body decided Wednesday.

FILE - Tatyana Ivanova, of Russian Olympic Committee, celebrates winning the bronze medal in the luge women's singles at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, in the Yanqing district of ...