Canada at The 2010 Winter Olympics - Luge

Luge

Canada's Olympic luge team, announced on December 19, 2009, in Whistler, British Columbia, consisted of ten athletes: six individual competitors and two teams for the doubles event. The women's team consisted of Alex Gough, Regan Lauscher and Meaghan Simister. The men's singles team will comprise Sam Edney, Jeff Christie and Ian Cockerline. For the men's doubles event, two teams participated: Chris & Mike Moffat; and Tristan Walker & Justin Snith. The Fast Track Group, the title sponsor of the team, announced that they would give $1 million (which would be split between the athlete and Canadian Luge Federation) to any athlete that won a gold medal. The company also offered $50,000 for a silver and $5,000 for a bronze.

Athlete(s) Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Time Time Time Time Rank
Sam Edney Men's 48.754 48.793 48.920 48.373 3:14.840 7
Jeff Christie Men's 48.881 48.904 49.308 48.370 3:15.823 14
Ian Cockerline Men's 49.033 49.132 49.297 48.781 3:16.243 20
Alex Gough Women's 42.275 42.411 42.346 42.359 2:49.391 18
Regan Lauscher Women's 42.368 42.289 42.211 42.153 2:49.021 15
Meaghan Simister Women's 42.524 42.497 42.787 42.662 2:50.470 25
Chris Moffat & Mike Moffat Doubles 41.675 41.723 1:23.398 7
Tristan Walker & Justin Snith Doubles 42.100 42.120 1:24.220 15

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