American Ashley Farquharson captures rare Olympic luge medal at Winter Games

Ashley Farquharson raced to Olympic glory successful luge connected Tuesday astatine the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics.

The American luger became affectional erstwhile she checked the scoreboard and realized she earned her archetypal Olympic medal. Her show successful the women's luge singles connected Tuesday besides marked conscionable the 2nd clip an American has won an Olympic medal successful the event.

Farquharson, who started sliding arsenic an after-school enactment erstwhile she was increasing up in Park City, Utah, said it was astir hard to judge what she had accomplished.

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Ashley Farquharson of United States reacts aft her tally during women's azygous luge during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games astatine Cortina Sliding Centre successful Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy connected Feb. 10, 2026.  (Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters via Imagn Images)

"It truly didn’t consciousness real," Farquharson said aft her victory. "And past everyone gathering maine connected the ice, and the whirlwind it’s been since past has truly cemented it. For a mates seconds erstwhile I was coming up the outrun, I was like, ‘that’s not real.’"

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Germany’s Julia Taubitz took the golden medal, winning by astir a afloat second, a monster borderline successful luge. Latvia’s Elena Bota was second, matching her country’s champion Olympic result.

Until Farquharson's feat, Erin Hamlin was the past American to gain a bronze medal, doing truthful astatine the 2014 Sochi Games.

Ashley Farquharson of Team United States starts the Women's Singles Run 1 connected time 3 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games astatine Cortina Sliding Centre connected Feb. 09, 2026 successful Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. (Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)

"This was the dream," Taubitz said. "And present the imagination comes true."

Farquharson didn’t medal successful immoderate of her archetypal 54 World Cup races earlier yet breaking done this season.

She wasn’t the fastest, but she was much than bully enough. She’s an Olympic medalist. Farquharson’s quality volition ne'er beryllium questioned again.

"Super blessed for Ashley, precise blessed for USA Luge," longtime U.S. teammate Emily Fischnaller said. "I mean, we are the ones connected the sled, but there’s a squad down america with everything that we do. So, that’s conscionable a testament to each the enactment that everyone has enactment into it."

Bronze medallist Ashley Farquharson of United States celebrates aft women's azygous luge during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games astatine Cortina Sliding Centre connected Feb 10, 2026 successful Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. (Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters via Imagn Images)

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Luge is simply a athletics successful which athletes descent connected their backs connected sleds down an iced way astatine precocious speeds.

Fischnaller was 12th for the Americans successful 3:33.035, falling from 5th aft 3 runs pursuing occupation successful her last heat. Summer Britcher of the U.S., a two-time World Cup contention victor this play and present a four-time Olympian, was 14th successful 3:33.553.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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