Fernie Olympic luge pride is on full display this winter, as two young athletes with strong Fernie connections prepare to make history on steel runners and ice at the Olympic Games.
Kailey Allan and Beattie Podulsky are set to represent Team Canada at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, competing in the first-ever women’s doubles luge event in Olympic history. Trailblazers doesn’t even begin to cover it.
Still both under 25, Allan and Podulsky are part of a new generation of Canadian luge athletes—young, fearless, and already proving they belong on the world stage. Their 2025–26 season has been nothing short of impressive, with top-10 finishes on the FIL World Cup circuit in Winterberg, Germany, and Park City, Utah. Remarkably, this is just their second season racing as a tandem.
In 2025, they placed eighth in their world championship debut and helped Canada earn bronze in the team relay. Just as important, they remain Canada’s only women’s doubles luge team—carrying not just expectations, but opportunity.
Their mission goes well beyond podiums. Allan and Podulsky are clear about what they represent: redefining what’s possible for women in doubles luge and inspiring the next generation of female athletes to imagine themselves on Olympic ice.
And while their racing lives span continents, Fernie remains part of their home rhythm. When they aren’t globe-trotting from track to track, both athletes ski at Fernie Alpine Resort—grounding elite sport in familiar snow and familiar faces. Kailey’s father Don, is a longtime volunteer with the Fernie Volunteer Ski Patrol, a quiet reminder that world-class athletic journeys often begin with community support and unpaid dedication.
Off the ice, their lives are refreshingly real. Podulsky balances training with work, dreams of becoming a firefighter after her racing career, and finds calm outdoors, in books, and in recovery. Allan has chased excellence since age 10, supports her Olympic pursuit through work at the Calgary Golf and Country Club, and channels her competitive edge into rock climbing, skiing, and relentless drive.
Together, they embody something Fernie understands deeply: ambition paired with humility, toughness balanced by gratitude, and success that never forgets where it started.
When Allan and Podulsky slide onto Olympic ice in 2026, they won’t just be racing the clock. They’ll be carrying a piece of Fernie with them—proof that even from a small mountain town, you can help shape Olympic history.
Source: podulskyallanluge.ca
