YANQING, Beijing, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) Johannes Ludwig of Germany won his first individual Olympic gold in the men luge singles with a convincing performance at t
BEIJING (AP) Johannes Ludwig let all his rivals know back in November that he would be the one to beat at the Beijing Olympics. He was right. Ludwig is the Olympic men’s champion for the first time, making him the oldest he’s eight days shy of turning 36 to win that race’s gold medal. Ludwig finished four runs at the Yanqing Sliding Center in 3 minutes, 48.735 seconds, 0.160 seconds ahead of Wolfgang Kindl of Austria and 0.951 seconds ahead of bronze medalist Dominik Fischnaller of Italy.
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