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Former Connecticut resident Emily Fischnaller competes in heat 1 of the women's single-seater luge at Cortina Sliding Center during the 2026 Milan Olympics on Monday, Feb. 9, 2026. (picture alliance/dpa/picture alliance via Getty I)
Emily Fischnaller, a former Suffield resident, competed in the first day of the women's single luge event at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics on Monday.
The two-day event began with an athlete's first two runs of four total, with the final two runs taking place on Tuesday at 11 a.m. The total times of all four runs are combined into a final score.
Fischnaller, who is competing in her third Olympic games, completed her first run in 52.892 seconds (0.302 seconds behind the leader). After the first run she was in seventh place.
In her second run she completed the track in 52.980 seconds (0.430 seconds behind the top time in run 2), which was the ninth fastest time in the second run.
Heading into Tuesday's final two runs her total time is 1:45.872, which puts her in eighth place and 0.684 seconds behind German leader Julia Taubitz. Fischnaller currently has the second best time among United States competitors, with Ashley Farquharson sitting in fifth place.
Fischnaller was born in Maine but was raised in Connecticut and Lake Placid, N.Y. She has medaled in multiple world championships, but she's experienced misfortune on the Olympic stage previously.
In 2018 during her Olympic debut, Fischnaller crashed on her fourth run and broke bones in her back and neck. She spent six months recovering before returning to the track. In 2019 she won a bronze medal at the 2019 World Championships.
During the 2022 Olympics she endured a far less serious crash on her second run, finishing 26th.
She once again returned strong, earning another bronze medal at the World Championships in 2025 to become the second American to claim more than one singles medal in luge at the World Championship level.
This article originally published at Former CT resident Emily Fischnaller completes first two runs in luge at Milano Cortina Olympic games.
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