In a stunning final run, Chris Mazdzer became the first American man to win an Olympic singles medal in luge.
Mazdzer finished with a cumulative time of 3:10.728, good enough for silver.
Germany’s Felix Loch, the two-time defending Olympic gold medalist, entered the final run in prime position to take gold, but a disastrous final run by the German pushed him outside of medal contention altogether.
Instead it was Austria’s David Gleirscher set a new track record of 47.652 seconds to stun the competition, winning the gold medal.
Mazdzer was not expected to contend for a medal, but that status changed in the second run, in which he placed second behind Loch with a time of 47.