Curve 9 Has Begun Claiming Its Victims
by Barry Petchesky from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#3FTJC)
There are 16 turns on the track at the Alpensia Sliding Center, used for luge, skeleton, and bobsled at the 2018 Olympics. And for a full year now, since the track was first used for World Cup events, riders have been warning that medal chances (and bodies) would be made or broken in Curve 9. It has not disappointed.