Luge officials change qualifying formula for Beijing Games

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Published December 17, 2021 10:06 AM

By TIM REYNOLDS
AP Sports Writer

The International Luge Federation has changed some of the qualifying rules for the upcoming Beijing Olympics, largely because many teams and sliders have been forced to use borrowed equipment for the last several weeks. Instead of using the results from seven World Cup races through Jan. 10 to determine how to allocate starting spots to various nations, the federation decided that it would now eliminate the three worst finishes for each slider and re-calculate accordingly.

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