U.S. Luge Singles Picture Clarifies After Winterberg as Greiner Overtakes West

Overview

• Saturday's races in Winterberg were the fifth and final singles Olympic qualifier for Milan Cortina.
• Based on the results, the U.S. is expected to have three women's and two men's singles entries, with Summer Britcher, Ashley Farquharson, Emily Fischnaller, Jonny Gustafson and Matthew Greiner the likely nominees.
• Greiner finished ahead of Tucker West to move up in U.S. qualifying, while Ashley Farquharson crashed in her first run but walked away without apparent serious injury.
• Austria's Hannah Prock won the women's race and Jonas Mueller won the men's, with Britcher now third in the season standings.
• The FIL appears poised to allocate one men's and one women's singles berth to Russian sliders competing as neutrals, and the U.S. women's doubles team of Chevonne Forgan and Sophia Kirkby secured an Olympic spot with men's doubles teams also qualified.