Sigulda

But for one U.S. athlete, the track in Sigulda, Latvia, provided a straight path to Torino.

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Also in Sigulda, Chris Soule picked up his third medal of the season, taking bronze.

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• Luge: Tony Benshoof was second after the first run and held on for eighth place overall at the season-opening World Cup competition in Sigulda, Latvia.

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Dukurs is coached by his father, former bobsleigh brakeman Dainis, in Sigulda which is home to a crop of track rats, including the Sics brothers, Andris and Juris, who won the silver medal in the luge doubles on Wednesday.

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World Cup (Sigulda, Latvia): Zach Lund moved back to first place in the season standings with a second-place finish.

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In Sigulda, Latvia, Pikus-Pace rallied from a first-run deficit to win.

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Skeleton: Lea Ann Parsley had the top U.S. result of the week, placing sixth in a World Cup race in Sigulda, Latvia.

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Dukurs is one of several Latvian track rats from the town of Sigulda -- a hotbed for sliders and home to the country's only sliding track.

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"One night when he was nine Juris broke into the luge track in Sigulda where we live and started going down in a little plastic kids sled," the 24-year-old told Reuters.

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St Louis's Sigulda, the solo project of Dustin Newman (owner/operator of Apop Records)

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