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Luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics

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Dates
  
8–13 February 2014

Competitors
  
110 from 24 nations

Venue
  
Sliding Center Sanki, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia

Luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at the Sliding Center Sanki near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. The four events were scheduled for 8–13 February 2014.

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In April 2011 the International Olympic Committee approved the addition of the mixed team relay event (one sled from each of the other three events compete per country), meaning luge will have four events on the program for the first time.

Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for all four events. All times are (UTC+4).

Qualification

A total quota of 110 athletes were allowed to compete at the Games. Countries were assigned quotas using the world rankings of results from 1 November 2012 to 31 December 2013.

Participating nations

110 athletes from 24 nations are scheduled to participate, with number of athletes in parenthesis. Both Kazakhstan and Tonga (also making its Winter Olympics debut) marked their first Olympic appearances in the sport. India's athlete competed as an Independent Olympic Participants, as the Indian Olympic Association was suspended by the International Olympic Committee; the suspension was later lifted, but not before India's athlete had already competed under the Independent Olympic Participant banner.

References

Luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics Wikipedia