Polish luger really had wind resistance
PYEONGCHANG — What’s crazier than doing an Olympic luge run, which involves zooming feet-first down a windy, icy chute at up to 90 miles per hour?
Doing an Olympic luge run without a visor to protect your eyes. At least Poland’s Mateusz Sochowicz had the rest of his helmet on.
And it’s probably worth mentioning that the weather in Pyeongchang has been notably frigid, even by the standards of the Winter Games. So that wind rushing into Sochowicz’s exposed face Sunday had to be awfully, awfully cold. Speaking to Poland’s Przeglad
Sportowy, Sochowicz said the weather that evening was “really cold” even without speeding along in a luge.
“So I put on a coat,” he said. “Then I lost my protective visor somewhere.
“I didn’t realize it until the moment when the green start light lit up. What could I do? I took off without the visor. I traversed the whole track nearly blind,” said Sochowicz.
So it’s probably fair to cut Sochowicz some slack for finishing 31st in that run.