Monday, August 1, 2011

Is there any money in luge? As in the World Cups, European Cups and Olympics? How do sliders make money?

Is there any money in luge? As in the World Cups, European Cups and Olympics? How do sliders make money?
Trying to break into the luge world from Australia.
Olympics - 2 Answers
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1 :
they have contracts like in baseball, or football, or golf or soccer.the officials pay for you to be on their team and you earn money.
2 :
In addition to the Olympics, the FIL has World and European championships, runs a world cup circuit from Nov to Feb. Total prize money this year for FIL events is รข‚¬ 260,000. Obviously sponsorship and funding through the slider's national federation and Olympic Committee is the primary source of income.