LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — Tucker West and his sled were too heavy last week.
This week, they were too good.
West won his second career World Cup luge gold medal Friday, edging Russia’s Semen Pavlichenko by the smallest margin of victory on the circuit in nearly four years. West finished two runs on his home Mount Van Hoevenberg track in 1 minute, 43.088 seconds — a mere 0.006 seconds faster than Pavlichenko, who was in position to win until the very last curve of the competition.
“Luckily, I showed up today,” West said.