Men's doubles luge has Olympic fans asking why two-man luge is a thing originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Luge is one of those events at the Winter Olympics that draws some questions. And, well, that's before you even get to two-man luge, otherwise known as men's double luge.

With women competing in doubles in luge for the first time, here's what to know about the fastest sport in the Winter Olympics

Italian duo Andrea Vötter and Marion Oberhofer zoomed to victory in the inaugural Olympics luge women's doubles on Wednesday, picking up a third gold so far for the hosts. While women could theoretically have competed in doubles at previous Winter Games given it was an open category,

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT A slew of deaths haunt the historic games with the most dangerous sports seeming to be the luge and downhill skiing with athletes in both categories sustaining serious inj

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Andrea Voetter and Marion Oberhofer hadn't won a race this season on the World Cup circuit. They weren't even contenders in many of them. Ah, the comforts of home. A little Italian ice changed everything — and the first women's doubles luge champions in Olympic history are a pair of Italians who stared down the best teams in the world on Wednesday night.

Can't view the above video? Click here. Women’s doubles luge officially became an Olympic sport on Wednesday, debuting at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. Before this year, Olympic doubles luge was technically open to both men and women,

The Winter Olympics has seen tragic deaths over the years, including a Georgian luger who crashed into a metal pole and a teenage skier who hit a tree during training

Germany's Max Langenhan becomes the latest Olympic luge champion, winning gold in the men's singles at the Milan Cortina Olympics.

Marcus Mueller, 20, and his partner led all doubles lugers after the first run at the Olympics in Cortina, then had to settle for sixth.