0 0 6 ▁Winter ▁Olympics ▁L inger ' s ▁brother ▁Wolfgang ▁was ▁injured ▁when ▁he ▁and ▁his ▁brother ▁crash ed ▁in ▁an ▁Olympic ▁test ▁run ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁breaking ▁the ▁an k le ▁and ▁fib ula ▁in ▁Wolfgang ' s ▁left ▁leg . ▁Only ▁a ▁year ▁after ▁the ▁crash , ▁L inger ▁and ▁his ▁brother ▁competed ▁in ▁their ▁second ▁Winter ▁Olympics , ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁Games ▁in ▁Tur in , ▁Italy . ▁The ▁doubles ▁competition ▁there ▁saw ▁crashes ▁by ▁three ▁different ▁teams , ▁one ▁of ▁which ▁resulted ▁in ▁a ▁Ukrain ian ▁compet itor ▁being ▁taken ▁to ▁a ▁hospital ▁in ▁an ▁amb ul ance . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁the ▁event ▁was ▁described ▁in ▁the ▁media ▁as ▁being ▁' pl ag ued ' ▁by ▁crashes . ▁The ▁L ingers ▁managed ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁gold ▁medal , ▁defe ating ▁def ending ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁champions ▁André ▁Flor sch üt z ▁and ▁Tor sten ▁W ust lich ▁of ▁Germany . ▁▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁Winter ▁Olympics ▁The ▁L inger ▁brothers ▁entered ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁Winter ▁Olympics ▁in ▁V ancouver , ▁British ▁Columbia , ▁Canada ▁def ending ▁their ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁gold ▁medal ▁and ▁as ▁strong ▁favor ites ▁to ▁be ▁medal ▁cont enders . ▁Cont ro vers y ▁surrounded ▁the ▁l uge ▁compet itions ▁at ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁Games ▁following ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁Georg ian ▁lug er ▁N od ar ▁K umar it ash v ili ▁in ▁a ▁crash