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Canada names Olympic roster for luge, with five first-time Olympians

Canada names Olympic roster for luge, with five first-time Olympians | iNFOnews.ca
Canada's Trinity Ellis comes to a stop after her run while competing with Dylan Morse, not seen, during the mixed singles event at the Luge World Championships, in Whistler, B.C., on Thursday, February 6, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

CALGARY — Canada has named its six athletes for the Olympic luge team, with five first-time Olympians set to hit the big stage.

Embyr-Lee Susko, Kailey Allan, Beattie Podulsky, Devin Wardrope and Cole Zajanski will all be debutants in Italy.

Trinity Ellis, headed to her second Games, and Susko will compete in the women’s singles.

Allan and Podulsky will be in the women’s doubles, while Wardrope and Zajanski are set to compete in the men’s doubles.

Ellis contributed to the sixth-place finish in the mixed team relay following a 14th-place finish in the women’s singles race at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing.

Women’s doubles luge will make its debut at the Milan Cortina Games.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 25, 2026.

Canada names Olympic roster for luge, with five first-time Olympians | iNFOnews.ca
Canada’s Theo Downey, from left to right, Kailey Allan, Embyr-Lee Susko, Beattie Podulsky and Devin Wardrope celebrate after clinching a third-place finish in the team relay event at the Luge World Championships, in Whistler, B.C., on Saturday, February 8, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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