| Boys' doubles at the III Winter Youth Olympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | St. Moritz-Celerina Olympic Bobrun | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 17 January | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 20 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:49.649 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Luge at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics | ||
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| Singles | boys | girls |
| Doubles | boys | girls |
| Relay | mixed | |
The boys' doubles luge at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics took place on 17 January at the St. Moritz-Celerina Olympic Bobrun. [1]
The first run was held at 11:00 and the second run at 11:50. [2] [3]
| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Run 1 | Rank 1 | Run 2 | Rank 2 | Total | Behind |
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 | 2 | Moritz Jäger Valentin Steudte |  Germany | 54.824 | 1 | 54.825 | 2 | 1:49.649 | |
 | 4 | Kaspars Rinks Ardis Liepiņš |  Latvia | 54.971 | 2 | 54.980 | 3 | 1:49.951 | +0.302 |
 | 5 | Mikhail Karnaukhov Iurii Chirva |  Russia | 55.698 | 6 | 54.627 | 1 | 1:50.325 | +0.676 |
| 4 | 1 | Kacper Imiołek Łukasz Maćkała |  Poland | 55.467 | 3 | 55.545 | 4 | 1:51.012 | +1.363 |
| 5 | 7 | Vratislav Varga Metod Majerčák |  Slovakia | 55.612 | 4 | 55.586 | 5 | 1:51.198 | +1.549 |
| 6 | 10 | Yang Shih-hsun Yeh Meng-jhe |  Chinese Taipei | 55.948 | 7 | 55.911 | 6 | 1:51.859 | +2.210 |
| 7 | 9 | Milen Milanov Nedyalko Ivanov |  Bulgaria | 56.580 | 8 | 57.185 | 7 | 1:53.765 | +4.116 |
| 8 | 3 | Sam Day Sam Eckert |  United States | 55.624 | 5 | 58.233 | 9 | 1:53.857 | +4.208 |
| 9 | 8 | Lovro Kovačič Tian Badžukov |  Slovenia | 58.879 | 9 | 57.561 | 8 | 1:56.440 | +6.791 |
| 11 | Vadym Mykyievych Bohdan Babura |  Ukraine | Disqualified | ||||||
| 6 | Răzvan Turea Sebastian Motzca |  Romania | Did not start | ||||||
A luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine (face-up) and feet-first. A luger begins seated, propelling themselves initially from handles on either side of the start ramp, then steers by using the calf muscles to flex the sled's runners or by exerting opposite shoulder pressure to the pod. 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 that employs that sled and technique.
Andreas Linger is an Austrian former luger who competed internationally since 2000. He and his younger brother Wolfgang began luging at a very young age, and did their first doubles run when they were 14. Linger has won five medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with three golds and two bronzes. He also earned seven medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with a gold, three silvers, and three bronzes. The Lingers were overall Luge World Cup men's doubles champions in 2011-12 and scored 15 World Cup race victories. They were two time Olympic champions in the men's doubles event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy and the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. They won in 2006 despite Wolfgang having broken his leg in a luge crash the previous year. In 2010, they successfully defended their gold medal against another team of brothers, Andris and Juris Šics of Latvia.
Tobias Wendl is a German luger who has competed since 1993, acting as a front. He won a silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 2008 FIL World Luge Championships in Oberhof, Germany, a silver and a bronze at the FIL European Luge Championships 2010 in Sigulda, a gold at the FIL World Luge Championships 2013, and two gold medals at his debut Winter Olympics at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. He is also a Master Sergeant in the German Army.
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The 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games, officially known as the III Winter Youth Olympic Games and commonly known as Lausanne 2020, were the third edition of the Winter Youth Olympics; a major international multi-sport event and cultural festival for teenagers that was held in Lausanne, Switzerland, the home of the International Olympic Committee, between 9 and 22 January 2020.
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The boys' giant slalom competition of the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics was held at the Les Diablerets Alpine Centre, Switzerland, on 13 January.
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The team relay luge at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics took place on 20 January at the St. Moritz-Celerina Olympic Bobrun.
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Youth Olympic champions in Luge – boys' / mixed doubles | |
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