[1] Germany's Felix Loch was the two-time defending world champion and won the gold medal with the fastest time in each of the four runs.

[3] Italy's Armin Zöggeler was the two-time defending Olympic champion and won a bronze medal in this event.

They entrust 5 officials with making decisions about whether competition rules have been followed: a technical delegate, three jury members from different countries, and an international judge.

These decisions are implemented and enforced by a race director, to whom the overall responsibility for running the competition is given, but who is assisted by a start leader who coordinates the starting area, a finish leader who coordinates the finish area, and a Chief of Track who is in charge of track maintenance.

During training on 12 February 2010, Georgian luger, Nodar Kumaritashvili was going at over 143 km/h (89 mph) when he crashed in the last turn and hit a steel pole.

Her teammate Tatjana Hüfner who had the fastest speed on two runs of 82.3 mph (132.4 km/h) stated that the new start position "..does not help good starters like myself".

[20] American Erin Hamlin stated the track was still demanding even after the distance was lessened from 1,193 to 953 m (3,914 to 3,127 ft) and that athletes were still hitting 80 mph (130 km/h).

"[21] On 23 March 2010, FIL President Fendt, VANOC President John Furlong, 2010 men's singles gold medalist Felix Loch of Germany visited Kumaritashvili's grave in his hometown of Bakuriani to pay respects as part of tradition in the Georgian Orthodox Church.

[23] This report was prepared by Romstad and Claire DelNegro, Vice-President Sport Artificial Track, who is from the United States.

Loch ended Zöggeler's two straight championships with the fastest times in each of the four runs to become the youngest Olympic champion ever in luge.

[21] Zöggeler's fifth medal in this event matched that of Georg Hackl, now a coach on the German team, who won three golds and two silvers between 1988 and 2002.