It made Taubitz and Langenhan the only double-gold winners in luge at this year's Olympics, where Germany — again — was the overall best, with three golds and five medals overall. Italy won four medals (two gold, two bronze), as did Austria (three silver, one bronze).

Austrian snowboarder Benjamin Karl raced to a second straight gold medal in the men's parallel giant slalom on Sunday at the Milano Cortina Games, capping his glittering career on the slopes at his fifth Olympics.

Austrian snowboarder Claudia Rigler, at the age of 52, reached the final races at the 2026 Winter Olympics (OI–2026) in the parallel giant slalom discipline.On February 8, the athlete took the 16th place in the qualification with a score of 1 minute 35.