Plenty of sports at the Winter Olympics aren't necessarily the easiest to get your head around.
Curling comes to mind but fans are particularly puzzled by doubles luge.
'Weirdest f***ing thing': The Winter Olympics event that has everyone puzzled
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Georg Fischler and Peter Penz of Austria react following their Luge Doubles run 2 on day five of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics. Photo / Getty
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The sport brings with it so many questions.
Why would you choose doubles over singles luge when it looks so uncomfortable?
How do you decide who's on top and who's on the bottom?
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Plenty of Olympic enthusiasts don't know the answer to those questions.
"When you watch an entire run in doubles luge, the whole sport just starts to look ridiculous," Michael Baumann wrote for The Ringer.
"The biggest reason doubles luge looks weird is the number of contrivances — from the straps to the non-verbal communication to the specialised sled — required to get two men down an icy chute at highway speeds. It all seems unnecessary, particularly when there's a much more comfortable and dignified multi-passenger sled available: the bobsled.
"Doubles luge is the Facebook redesign of sliding sports: There was something that people loved, and then the powers that be just made it weirder and less functional. There are enough doubles lugers to put together a field for an Olympic race — that's proof of the lengths people will go for a shot at Olympic glory."
Baumann also tweeted that doubles luge is the "weirdest f***ing thing".
Aussie radio icons Amanda Keller and Brendan Jones discussed how bizarre the event is and when Jones described everything, he asked Keller what she'd say if he proposed the two form a team.
"I say I'm going to have you arrested," Keller joked.
Who the hell suggested double luge as a winter sport??? pic.twitter.com/LzmPuN1eYi
— Jonesy & Amanda (@JonesyandAmanda) February 14, 2018
“Wonder if we can both fit on this tiny sled and shoot down this ice tube any faster?” - first crazy people to try double’s luge
— Rusty Lord WOWT (@RustyLord) February 14, 2018
The Double Luge has to be the worst Olympic Sport to compete in! Would you rather be the big spoon or little spoon there? #TheShow pic.twitter.com/EWCxpEWbu8
— Covino & Rich (@CovinoandRich) February 14, 2018
Ok. Stupidest event in the #WinterOlympics2018 #bbcolympics has to be the Luge Doubles. 1 Guy lying on another guys testicles whose lying on a beermat & hurtling down an icy track at 120km/hr
— Mark Shaw (@markshaw) February 14, 2018
Serious question. What determines if you are a top or bottom in doubles luge? Physical attributes? Experience?
— Timothy Dahl (@dahlmaker) February 14, 2018
Double luge ?! Who the hell has THAT idea
— Giles Dilnot (@reporterboy) February 14, 2018
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