[2] Otto retired midway through the 2006-07 season in January 2007 to pregnancy and after suffering a crash at the track in Königssee, Germany.

[6] Geisenberger's teammate Tatjana Hüfner, the defending Olympic bronze medalist,[2] won the overall World Cup for 2009-10 season in women's singles.

These records were set during the test event at the women's singles/ men's doubles start house for the 2010 Games on 20 February 2009.

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

Her teammate 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".

[16] 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 you were still hitting 80 mph (130 km/h).

[18] This report was prepared by FIL Secretary General Svein Romstad and Vice President Claire DelNegro, who are from the United States.

[21] American Sweeney, sliding after Violeta, went airborne prior to the final curve and crashed though she walked away shaken up.

[24] Two-time Olympic champion Otto commented to Reuters that "Tatti (Hüfner's nickname) is a very strong slider and still relatively young so she could achieve what I did and win this again.

"[23] Canada's Gough commented on the 14th in the wake of Kumaritashvili's death two days earlier that "We’ve got the world championships here in a few years (2013) so hopefully we can actually have a race."