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Lightning fast luge If you've ever leaned back slowly in a chair, teetered on the brink of losing your balance, then accidentally plunged backward toward the ground — you might know what it's like to luge. The analogy is how Olympic hopeful Ashley Hayden describes her sport. It is that helpless moment you experience during the split-second after you realize you're falling backward.

U.S. luge team set for Olympics They are a team now. With the addition of Nick Sullivan, 22, Oakdale, Minn., who won a race-off over the weekend to earn a roster spot, the 10-member Olympic luge team is set.

Olympic highlights

Luge medalists in Nagano