Olympics Newbies Are Just Finding Out About Doubles Luge, And LOL: 'How Do You Find Out You're Good At This?'

After a typically celebrity-filled torch run, the 2026 TV schedule has now fully dropped us into the competition at the Milan Cortina Olympic Games. The proceedings have been going on for nearly a week now, and viewers are still discovering new-to-them sports to watch, including doubles luge, which has led to some truly LOL responses.

What Are Olympic Viewers Saying About Doubles Luge?

There are likely billions of people around the world who are currently checking out many of the Olympic competitions on a daily basis, and they’ve already seen some amazing things. One figure skater completed a Minions-themed routine, and skier Lindsey Vonn had a “gutsy” showing while on a torn ACL. Fans are even talking about how the opening ceremonies reminded them of Stargate SG-1 and the best way to stream the Olympics with their Peacock subscription.

However, it looks like a lot of people have only just now realized that one contest, doubles luge, is even a thing, despite the sport being part of the winter games for 62 years at this point. If you’ve never seen how it’s performed, well, here ya go:

As you might expect, the internet is really internetting over this…uh, stacked competition, with one X user noting:

This social media user wasn’t the only one to have tons of questions or thoughts about this sport, either:

• Who was the person that said “lay on me and let’s shoot ourselves down a tunnel of ice”
• More importantly why does this sport have a doubles?? Like single person is enough here there is no need for a second person but we still have it.
• What is the useful real world application of this sport?
• “You look like you would fit well on top of me” is usually how the conversation starts.
• How do you discover you're good at doubles luge? Probably starts with 'Hey bro, wanna lie on top of me at 90 mph and see if we don't die?' Next thing you know, you're Olympic medal contenders in the world's most awkward spooning session on ice. Man, that's not a sport...that's a trust fall gone supersonic.

Alright, I’m just going to go ahead and admit something right now: until the moment I signed on to write this article, I had no idea that doubles luge existed. And, I will also admit right now that, like one of the X users above, I cannot see that this would have any practical application in the real world, whereas many of the sports we’ll continue to see over the next week came from people in cold climates needing to entertain themselves or simply find clever ways to get around when the snow was piled high. Also? I am very worried about the safety of the top person!

Of course, this is part of the joy of the Olympic games, isn’t it? Finding out about a crazy number of sports that you didn’t even know about, and watching all the dedicated athletes who sacrificed time with loved ones (and probably lots of time relaxing on the couch) to make a bold attempt at excelling at something most of the world pays no attention to when the games aren’t on.

That takes a special kind of commitment and resolve, especially when talking about a sport as potentially dangerous as luge. So, let’s just be glad that we have this wild competition to help keep us amused.