David Gleirscher may have struggled to make Austria's Olympic team, but he's now a men's luge gold medalist.
Chris Mazdzer has given USA Luge its first men's singles medal, and the reign of Germany's Felix Loch as Olympic champion came to a sudden and shocking end.
Gleirscher finished his four runs in 3 minutes, 10.702 seconds for the gold, Austria's first in men's luge in 50 years. Mazdzer finished second and Germany's Johannes Ludwig took third.
Loch struggled in the final run and slipped all the way to fifth, ending his bid to become the second slider to win the event three consecutive times.
Gleirscher had never even medaled in a World Cup singles race before.
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