Park City’s Ashley Farquharson Tops American Women In Opening Luge Evening
Feb 7, 2022, 7:42 AM
Ashley Farquharson of USA slides during the Women's Singles Luge Training Run on day two of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at National Sliding Centre on February 06, 2022 in Yanqing, China. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)
(Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY – It was a night to remember for Park City native Ashley Farquharson who concluded the opening evening of women’s luge in 18th place.
Farquharson, 22, is currently competing in her first Olympic games but does have previous experience at the World Championships and Youth Olympic Games.
Through two runs Farquharson finds herself 2.171 seconds behind current leader star Natalie Geisenberger who has won four Olympic golds and one bronze over her illustrious career.
Park City's own Ashley Farquharson getting her training runs in at the #WinterOlymics. Fred Zimny with USA Luge sent us this clip.#KSLOlympics l @kslsports l https://t.co/bnPFa7Is0J l #Beijing2022 pic.twitter.com/c7h18BMHMC
— Sam Farnsworth (@Samsworth_KSL) February 4, 2022
Other Americans in the field are Summer Britcher and Emily Sweeney who concluded this evening ranked 24 and 26 respectively.
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The women’s singles luge event will conclude tomorrow (February 8) following the fourth run.
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