The Deadliest Sports on Earth: Ranked

The Science Behind It

Essentially, luge is just extreme sledding. You lay on a sled and travel down a solid ice course at speeds upwards of 90mph. You can, and theoretically should break a few bones while doing it. There hasn't been a confirmed number of deaths caused by luge, but there have been 407 luge injuries in the past seven years. 

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