USA Luge gets 1st runs of the season on Lake Placid track

FILE - In this Feb. 16, 2020, file photo, Tucker West, of United States, finishes his team relay race at the World Luge Championships in Krasnaya Polyana, near the Black Sea resort of Sochi, southern Russia. The USA Luge Olympic veteran got the first run down the ice at Mount Van Hoevenberg in Lake Placid, N.Y., on Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021, when the Americans’ home track opened for the season. (AP Photo/Artur Lebedev, File)

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2021, file photo, the curving track of the National Sledding Center is seen in Yanqing on the outskirts of Beijing. Beijing organizers on Monday, Oct. 4, 2021 announced a series of new test events. This schedule comes days after organizers and the IOC published rigid restrictions at the Games for athletes and everyone else, controls that apparently have the full support of the IOC. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)