--- title: Doubles Luge Is the Olympic Sport Breaking the Internet description: Although some Olympic viewers may not have known that doubles luge was even a sport, the men's final is now taking the Internet by storm. canonical: https://time.com/5158497/olympics-2018-doubles-luge-reactions-memes/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-14T20:41:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-12T08:58:22.994Z og:title: The Internet Can't Stop Laughing About Doubles Luge og:description: "Speed spooning" og:url: https://time.com/5158497/olympics-2018-doubles-luge-reactions-memes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3aa80e8b11afa105/6989279bfb4eac1c0c895b22/olympics-2018-double-luge.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Olympics-2018-Doubles-Luge og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Can't Stop Laughing About Doubles Luge twitter:description: "Speed spooning" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3aa80e8b11afa105/6989279bfb4eac1c0c895b22/olympics-2018-double-luge.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Doubles Luge Is the Olympic Sport That May Finally Break the Internet > Sponsored content. 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American Chris Mazdzer captured the first luge medal of any kind in U.S. history on Sunday, but he’s also been consistently charming people online, where a significant number of new winter sports fans have developed what is called an internet crush._  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 14, 2018 8:41 PM UTC American Chris Mazdzer captured the first luge medal of any kind in U.S. history on Sunday, but he’s also been consistently charming people online, where a significant number of new winter sports fans have developed what is called an internet crush.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 14, 2018 8:41 PM UTC Although some [Olympics enthusiasts](http://time.com/5128552/winter-olympics-2018-biggest-news/) may not have known that [doubles luge](http://content.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,50602263001%5F1943279,00.html) was even a sport when the [2018 Winter Games](http://time.com/5157713/us-mens-hockey-loses-slovenia-winter-olympics/) began on Feb. 8, coverage of the men’s final is now taking the Internet by storm. As Germany’s Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt battled to take home the doubles luge gold for the second Olympics in a row on Wednesday, perplexed viewers took to Twitter to express their confusion over what exactly was going on in the event. The basic premise of the sport is that a taller luger lays on top of his shorter teammate as they navigate a sled down an icy course at breakneck speeds. However, some watching couldn’t help but wonder…why? “Who even came up with luge doubles?” questioned Twitter user Nick Walker. Because the [internet loves its jokes and fan fiction](http://time.com/5157649/tessa-virtue-scott-moir-valentines-day/), others were quick to note that Feb. 14 seemed like the perfect day for the event to take place. “Doubles luge AKA the sexy Valentine’s Day event – because if you’re gonna hurtle yourself down an ice slide at 120km/h, you may as well do it while awkwardly lying on top of your mate,” joked user Josh Butler. > [](https://twitter.com/nickw84/status/963779450554011648) > [](https://twitter.com/JoshButler/status/963748243686371329) See some of the hilarious reactions below. > [](https://twitter.com/PhilWilliams/status/963760300087529473) > [](https://twitter.com/nickw84/status/963780638737358848) > [](https://twitter.com/matthewcpinsent/status/963735817943486464) > [](https://twitter.com/Nigella%5FLawson/status/963781753554046977) > [](https://twitter.com/TomFornelli/status/963800591465054209) > [](https://twitter.com/JulietMacur/status/963760819673604096) > [](https://twitter.com/EmmaKennedy/status/963830831088394240) > [](https://twitter.com/yaelccourtney/status/963740243676495873) > [](https://twitter.com/RedMedusa13/status/963835225066401793) ## Transcript [00:00] [ MUSIC ] [00:02] My name is Chris Mazdzer. I compete in men's singles [00:05] luge and I'm from Saranac Lake, New York. [ MUSIC ] My [00:08] first memory of the Olympics is watching luge at the [00:13] 1998 Olympic Games in Nagano. Luge is on the first day, [00:16] so tuned in, saw the sport that I was doing as a child [00:20] in a very amateur sense. And the first thing I remember is [00:24] actually their speed suits being bright yellow and thinking [00:27] how weird they looked. [ LAUGH ] And now I wear one [00:29] every day pretty much. [ MUSIC ] I don't speak [00:38] any Korean. I think when you go to a country, the [00:42] most important thing's hello. Thank you. Please where's [00:45] the bathroom, and then smile with all of that and you can [00:48] pretty much get your way around everywhere. So I'm [00:52] really excited about a couple of things. I'm stronger than I [00:55] ever have been before. I'm pulling the fastest starts of my [00:57] life I'm healthy and I'm very confident with my slides. So I [01:01] can't wait to bring all of those things together and see how I [01:04] perform in competition. 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