Join Brian Martin for a preview of the 21-22 World Cup race in Sigulda, Latvia. Brian discusses having been one of the first American luge athletes to train in Sigulda when it was still under Soviet rule and how much the country has changed since becoming independent. Brian talks in detail about what the athletes will experience when they're training and competing for their second international race of the season.

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Get an inside look at the upcoming World Cup in Koenigssee, Germany from assistant US National Team coach Bengt Walden. He tells us about the exciting parts of the track that are fun but also extremely difficult. This will be the first international race for the U.S. team since the Covid-19 pandemic began.

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National team member Jayson Terdiman tells us how the fall season went with all the covid restrictions and safety measures in place. He talks about what the protocol looked like, what they used the time on the track in Lake Placid for and talked about what the second half of the season will look like.

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Julia Clukey, 2010 Olympian, joins us to talk about her luge history as well as her position at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee. Learn what her favorite track to compete was, as well as how she's supporting athletes through the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Mike Reed from Dow comes on to discuss some of the exciting things the company is working with USA Luge on. Since the athletes aren't competing in the first half of the World Cup season, they're taking this time in Lake Placid, NY to test equipment that Dow has played a part in creating.

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What started out as supplying sandpaper for the team has turned into a 40 year sponsorship and technological partnership between Norton-St. Gobain and USA Luge with the end goal of putting American athletes on the top of the podium.

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Meet Chevonne Forgan, newly named to the National Team. She started women's doubles just this summer and is looking forward to using the fall in Lake Placid, NY to learn the ins and outs of the discipline.

Chevonne explains the latest in what the season looks like during the coronavirus pandemic. She also explains what it's like to get on the sled for the first time in months. Athletes are finally starting training today, Monday, November 2.

Tim Reynolds may very well be the biggest fan of luge within the American media. As a sports writer for the Associated Press, Tim covers everything from the NBA to bobsled, skeleton and of course luge.

Listen to why Tim is so honored to be covering USA Luge athletes, as well as what he thinks about having lived in the NBA bubble this summer during the coronavirus pandemic.

For someone who interviews and writes stories about Lebron James, Tim is just as excited to write stories about USA Luge athletes like Chris Mazdzer and Erin Hamlin. Find out why by listening to Blink today.

Klim Gatker came to the U.S. from Russia in 1992 to escape the anti-revolution and give his daughters a solid upbringing. He went on to become a coach to hundreds of American luge athletes, from beginners to Olympic Medalists.

Catch up with Klim and learn why coaching was so important to him.

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Our newly named 20-21 Biggest Fan Jill Cardinale joins us to talk about what she loves most about USA Luge. She also gives tips about how others can be fans and watch World Cup races from the comfort of their homes, or by visiting the track in Lake Placid.

Congratulations, Jill and thanks for chatting!

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