Which Terrifying Sliding Sport Would You Brave?

Imagine yourself in the beautiful Dolomites of Cortina d'Ampezzo. The air is thin and cold. The stars blaze in the night sky above you. Inside your body is the kind of fear that empties you, that vibrates between your ears, that makes your heart pump so fast you think it might explode in your chest. You are standing at the top of the terrifying, beautiful, sliding track. It is made of solid, hard…

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Doubles Luge canceled as Olympics runs out of condoms

CORTINA, ITALY — Following the news that the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics had run out of condoms, the International Olympic Committee was forced to call off the doubles luge event. “Today is a sad and unsexy day at the Cortina Sliding Centre,” said Einars Fogelis, the Director of the International Luge Federation (DILF for […]

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The Track is a documentary film about a group of athletes training in post-war Bosnia to make the Olympics in luge.

The Track is a coming-of-age journey of three friends chasing their improbable Olympic dreams in post-war Bosnia. Training on a crumbling track left behind from the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics, the boys are guided by their devoted coach Senad, whose fight to rebuild the…

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Olympic Photographers: Stop Doing The Lugers Dirty

Imagine the training for the Olympics. All the work, the anxiety, the parties missed, and the mornings you'd rather have spent in bed. The money spent on training, equipment, travel, all of it. You sacrifice so much because you are single-mindedly focused on becoming the best. You make it to the Olympics, where you represent your country on the international stage, and for one shining moment, all…

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