Two major sliding events scheduled to be held in the next two weeks on the 20-year-old track recently had to be postponed and moved. A faulty cooling pump — one of the original six installed with the track prior to the 2002 Olympics — caused the reshuffling of the openers for the luge Junior World Cup, originally scheduled for Thursday and Friday, and the International Bobsled/Skeleton Federation World Cup, which was to take place Sunday through Dec. 1.
It’s the kind of black eye the Salt Lake City area doesn’t need as it pins its hopes on hosting its second Olympics in 2030 or 2034.