[4] Tucker was, at the time, a doctoral student at Wesleyan University in the United States.
He was later described by Sports Illustrated as "overweight but quick-witted" and as "the press's favorite loser".
He finished last in his event, and reportedly "got a lot more press in the States than Paul Hildgartner, the Italian who won the gold medal".
[5] He described himself as "the luger who dripped blood", and Time reported that he "shed alarming amounts of skin bouncing off the wall".
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