What are the Olympics really about? | Ruben Gonzalez, Four time Olympian

Have you ever fastened yourself to a sledge and hurled yourself down an icy mountain at over 80 miles per hour? Sounds scary right! Well, our guest for today has been doing this for the past four decades. Mr Ruben Gonzalez is a four-time Olympian in the sport of ‘Luge’. At the age of 25, he made his Olympics debut. He kept training and became the first-ever person to compete in four Winter Olympics in four different decades. He is also preparing to go to the Olympics for the fifth time.

Ruben explains that Luge is a french word that means sledge. The luge is a sport where there is a 1.5-meter long sledge on which a person lays down on his back and races on the ice at over 80 miles per hour. Players hold on to two handles and pull themselves forward and this is how the sport is played. 

Tune in if you want to know what real passion for the game looks like!