Luge at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics – Boys' singles

Boys' singles; at the I Winter Youth Olympic Games
Venue	Seefeld Arena
Date	January 15
Competitors	25 from 19 nations
Medalists
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Last updated April 20, 2019

The boys' singles competition of the luge events at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, was held on January 15, at the Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck. 25 athletes from 17 different countries took part in this event.^[1]

A luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine and feet-first. A luger steers by using their calf muscles to flex the sled's runners or by exerting opposite shoulder pressure to the seat. Racing sleds weigh 21–25 kg (46–55 lb) for singles and 25–30 kg (55–66 lb) for doubles. Luge is also the name of an Olympic sport.

The 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games, officially known as the I Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG), were an international multi-sport event for youths that took place in Innsbruck, on 13–22 January 2012. They were the inaugural Winter Youth Olympics, a major sports and cultural festival celebrated in the tradition of the Olympic Games. Approximately 1100 athletes from 70 countries competed. The decision for Innsbruck to host the Games was announced on 12 December 2008 after mail voting by 105 International Olympic Committee (IOC) members. Innsbruck is the first city to host three winter Olympic events, having previously hosted the 1964 Winter Olympics and the 1976 Winter Olympics.

Innsbruck is the capital city of Tyrol in western Austria and the fifth-largest city in Austria. It is in the Inn valley, at its junction with the Wipp valley, which provides access to the Brenner Pass some 30 km (18.6 mi) to the south.

Results

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Difference
	10	Christian Paffe	Germany	39.737	39.866	1:19.603	0.000
	7	Riks Kristens Rozitis	Latvia	39.838	39.968	1:19.806	+0.203
	6	Toni Gräfe	Germany	39.982	39.938	1:19.920	+0.317
4	5	Anton Dukach	Ukraine	39.890	40.052	1:19.942	+0.339
5	11	Mitchel Malyk	Canada	40.096	39.947	1:20.043	+0.440
6	23	Rihards Lozbers	Latvia	40.110	40.003	1:20.113	+0.510
7	8	John Fennell	Canada	40.162	40.029	1:20.191	+0.588
8	21	Christian Maag	Switzerland	40.130	40.074	1:20.204	+0.601
9	4	Armin Frauscher	Austria	40.093	40.199	1:20.292	+0.689
10	13	Simon Kainzwaldner	Italy	40.222	40.104	1:20.326	+0.723
11	12	Alexander Stepichev	Russia	40.111	40.217	1:20.328	+0.725
12	1	Tucker West	United States	40.218	40.117	1:20.335	+0.732
13	2	Maksim Aravin	Russia	40.203	40.148	1:20.351	+0.748
14	14	Sergey Korzhnev	Kazakhstan	40.236	40.326	1:20.562	+0.959
15	17	Ty Andersen	United States	40.374	40.210	1:20.584	+0.981
16	16	Yuriy Skyba	Ukraine	40.237	40.349	1:20.596	+0.993
17	9	David Gleirscher	Austria	40.218	40.602	1:20.820	+1.217
18	3	Jozef Petrulak	Slovakia	40.718	40.493	1:21.211	+1.608
19	18	Alex Ferlazzo	Australia	40.849	40.526	1:21.375	+1.772
20	25	Lien Te-An	Chinese Taipei	41.044	40.856	1:21.900	+2.297
21	15	Aleksandar Poibrenski	Bulgaria	41.275	41.153	1:22.428	+2.825
22	19	Jakub Grzegorz Firlej	Poland	41.243	41.325	1:22.568	+2.965
23	20	Daniel Vladut Popa	Romania	41.714	40.894	1:22.608	+3.005
24	24	Kerim Catal	Bosnia and Herzegovina	41.354	41.279	1:22.633	+3.030
25	22	Matheson Hill	New Zealand	42.677	41.357	1:24.034	+4.431

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References

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