The 2018 silver medalist, who originally thought a 25th-place finish in a World Cup luge race this past weekend had doomed his chances of making the Beijing Games, was nominated by USA Luge on Monday for what will be his fourth Olympic team. The decision on whether he was going or not hinged on whether USA Luge was told it had qualified three spots for the men's singles Olympic field. “Man, honestly, relief,” Mazdzer told The Associated Press shortly after being informed by USA Luge. Mazdzer is the only USA Luge men's singles slider to medal in the Olympics, after earning a silver in the Pyeongchang Games four years ago. The rest of the team that USA Luge was nominating for U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee approval, typically just a formality, on Monday was already determined.

Source: Daily Sun January 10, 2022 22:12 UTC