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The USA Luge team, which World Financial Group proudly sponsors, won a coveted gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Austria on Tues., Jan. 17. The quartet of Summer Britcher in women’s singles, Tucker West in men’s singles, and Ty Andersen and Pat Edmunds in doubles had amazing runs down the Olympic track to win the YOG team relay. [More]

World Financial Group sponsored the fan favourite TSN Curling Skins Game this weekend, Jan. 7-8, from Casino Rama in Rama, ON. The annual invitational event featured four of the best curling teams in the world — current world champion Jeff Stoughton, along with Kevin Martin, Kevin Koe and Glenn Howard — skips of the last four Canadian teams to win world championships — competing for a $75,000 (CD) prize. The competition is a single-elimination format in which anything can happen, as the winner is decided by total prize money and not total points. [More]

USA Luge hosted an evening of racing at their fully refrigerated luge start training complex on Aug. 20 during the WSLP USA Luge Open Start Championships, presented by Lake Placid Craft Brewing. There were competitions in five categories: 15 and under boys and girls, men and women age 16 and up, and experienced luge racers. The event included three hours of coaching and training by the USA Luge team members, who offered tips and explained the luge starting process. How cool is that?! (pun intended) [More]

From Aug. 4 – 7, 2011 chuckwagon drivers gathered in Bonnyville, Alberta to put their driving to the test at the Bonnyville Chuckwagon Championship. One of these drivers was the World Financial Group-sponsored Buddy Bensmiller, and WFG Sports has an update on the exciting event and the results for Buddy. [More]