PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — Long before she took on such German luge juggernauts as two-time Olympic gold medalist Natalie Geisenberger, Summer Britcher faced the daunting trio of Will Jr., Alex and Meredith Britcher.
From hopscotch to Monopoly — Carrie and Bill Britcher, their parents, said they still can’t find all of the pieces after a flipped board incident — the Britcher kids were consumed with competition. In 2007, the siblings took their business to a free USA Luge Challenge event, which is designed to expose children to the sport, at Ski Liberty in Fairfield, Pa. Summer Britcher, 11 at the time, refused to let her three older siblings beat her, this time down a snow-covered hill resembling a luge track.
“It was just an innocent sled ride,” Bill Britcher said.
Not quite.