Remsen, N.Y. residents recently rallied in support of hometown native and three-time World Cup bronze medalist Erin Hamlin as she makes her second Olympic appearance in Vancouver this month. Can the 2009 world champ win gold?
Fast Track Group, an Alberta-based company that bills itself as a financial education specialist, is putting up $1 million for a Canadian gold, to be split between the champion Canadian luger and the Canadian Luge Association.
A year ago, U.S. luger Dan Joye and his wife, Jennifer, were told to expect the worst when their son was born two and half months premature. In Vancouver, a perfectly healthy Jett Joye will be trackside for one of his dad's races for the first time.
The fastest sport on ice, luge sliders will reach speeds of up to 95 miles per hour at the Whistler Sliding Centre during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games.
Tony Benshoof, who will compete in his third Olympics in Vancouver, gives a turn-by-turn breakdown of the Whistler track, which many athletes believe will flip more than a few sleds during the 2010 Winter Games.
Since 1986, Wolfgang Schaedler of Liechtenstein has been the head coach of the United States Luge Team.
Mainstays on the U.S. luge team, doubles partners Mark Grimmette and Brian Martin are two-time Olympic medalists.
Timed to the thousandth of a second, luge and short track are the Olympics' most precisely-timed events.
In December, USA Luge introduced their 10-member Olympic team in New York City. Here's a snapshot of their visit.
It's at Wolfgang Schaedler's small workshop in the village of Triesenberg where the U.S. luge team's sleds are created.
| Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 GDR | 13 | 8 | 8 | 29 |
 GER | 11 | 9 | 6 | 26 |
 AUT | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 |
 ITA | 7 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
 FRG | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
Photos 
Hamlin bio 
Doubles luge 101 
