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Sports

Of or pertaining to any organized, competitive, entertaining, and skillful activity or game requiring commitment, strategy, and fair play, in which a winner can be defined by objective means within a specified set of rules.

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runner temperature

Sports; Luge

The blades on the sled will have a certain temperature and the race rules and track conditions will determine what the allowable temperature can be.

sandpaper

Sports; Luge

Sandpaper is used to polish the edge of the sled blades or runners.

settle

Sports; Luge

That part of the start when the competitor lies down on the sled.

shades

Sports; Luge

These are a kind of cover that can be used to do a couple of different things; they can shade the track from the direct rays of the sun and they can also be used to keep snow off ...

shoes

Sports; Luge

In Luge the competitor's shoes have smooth soles, in skeleton the shoes have .27 inch (7 mm) cleats to help them get a good start.

skeleton

Sports; Luge

A skeleton is a type of sled that skeleton riders ride on down the track. It can be made of either fiberglass or steel. The combined weight of the sled and the rider, for men ...

sled

Sports; Luge

A sled (different from a skeleton) is what the competitors ride on and the sled may not weigh more that 50 Lbs (23 kg) for a sled that holds one rider or 59.4 Lbs (27 kg) for a ...