As Britain's Rupert Staudinger raced in the men's singles luge event on Saturday his helmet bore the message 'RIP AJ' on the side in small letters in tribute to his mentor AJ Rosen, who passed away in December aged 37.
2022 Beijing Olympics - Luge - Men's Singles Run 2 - National Sliding Centre, Beijing, China - February 5, 2022. Rupert Staudinger of Britain is seen with a tribute written on his helmet. REUTERS/Thomas PeterYANQING, China, Feb 6 - As Britain's Rupert Staudinger raced in the men's singles luge event on Saturday his helmet bore the message "RIP AJ" on the side in small letters in tribute to his mentor AJ Rosen, who passed away in December aged 37.
Staudinger's helmet tribute had to receive special clearance from the International Olympic Committee, he said."He played a huge part in my luge career, and taught me so much about sliding," Staudinger said after the first and second runs at the hillside Yanqing National Sliding Centre. Born to a German father and a British mother, Staudinger is the sole British representative in the luge this year."It's ever so tough to qualify so, I'm happy I'm here, I'm happy I'm able to compete so that's what I'm doing."
"Track time is very limited, so it's a huge challenge to get it right, but I found some really decent lines on it," he said.
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