Canada’s luge doubles’ each slide to 10th as women make Olympic debut

Beattie Podulsky and Kailey Allan were, no matter the result, making history as the first pair to race in luge women’s doubles for Team Canada.

So it was extra special for the duo, both from Calgary, Alta., to crack the top 10 in the inaugural women’s doubles event hosted in Milano Cortina on Wednesday.

Podulsky and Allan raced to a time of 55.735 seconds in their first run, but a costly mistake at the top of the track slowed their time.

In their second run, they posted 53.747 seconds ...