The decision to slow down the track was made by the Olympic committee following the tragic death of 21 year old Georgian luger, Nodar Kumaritashvili.

The track was now too slow and the Canadians’ discord over beliefs that slowing the course down made them lose home field advantage are amongst complaints, competition began on Sunday.

The record breaking speeds seen in practice slowed down considerably with the Men’s start line being moved to the original starting position of the Women’s luge, and the Women’s and Doubles’ luge being moved to the Juniors’ start. The changes have also turned the doubles luge into a wide-open race with the Austrians coming out on top.

The gold coming in with a time of 1:22.705 was won by Austria’s Andreas Linger and Wolfgang Linger. This is the second consecutive win for this Austrian brothers’ team. The second doubles team in history to take home the gold in consecutive Olympics is Andreas and Wolfgang Lingers.

The first to achieve this accomplish were Hans Rinn and Norbert Hahn from Germany in 1976, and 1980. Taking home the silver is Latvia’s, Andris Sics and Juris Sics and the bronze going to Germany’s, Patric Leitner, and Alexander Resch.

In the Men’s single luge, taking both the gold and silver on top has come out by the Germans. At the age of 21, Felix Loch is the youngest Olympic luge gold medal winner in history. Teammate David Moeller follows by taking the silver and Italy’s Armin Zoggeler by taking third for the bronze. The Germans have dominated the competition with nine of the thirteen golds awarded in Olympic luge going to Germany. You can check out how to bet on the winter Olympics at numerous online sportsbooks.