LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) USA Luge has hired 2006 Olympic medalist Andre Florschuetz as a technology consultant, with hopes the move will provide the Americans another boost going into this winter’s Pyeongchang Games.
Florschuetz teamed with Torsten Wustlich to give powerful Germany a silver medal in doubles at the Turin Games. He’s also a former world championships medalist.
Florschuetz will be with USA Luge through the 2019-20 season. His hiring was announced Monday.
The top U.S. doubles team of Matt Mortensen and Jayson Terdiman finished a team-high third in the final World Cup doubles standings last season, and did so on a sled built by Florschuetz.