What’s crazier than doing an Olympic luge run, which involves zooming feet-first down a windy, icy chute at up to 90 mph? Doing an Olympic luge run without a visor to protect your eyes. And it’s probably worth mentioning that the weather in Pyeongchang has been notably frigid, even by the standards of the Winter Games. Speaking to Poland’s Przeglad Sportowy, Sochowicz said the weather that evening was “really cold” even without speeding along in a luge. It might also be fair to ask the nine men who posted a worse time in that run: What’s your excuse?

Source: National Post February 12, 2018 08:15 UTC