Erin Hamlin has become the second women in U.S women's luge to compete at four Olympic Games. She qualified for her fourth and final Olympics in Germany, finishing fourth at the FIL World Cup.
The USA Luge Slider Search is exactly how Erin Hamlin got started the sport almost 17 years ago and is now she's a three-time Olympian and the first female American luger to medal at any Winter Olympics.
If you've been watching the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, you probably have seen the swimming events featuring world-record holder Michael Phelps. Did you happen to notice those pepperoni looking marks on his back? Those bruises are caused by a treatment known as 'Cupping.' Kelley Holmes-Morton is the owner of 'Heads-R-Turning' Salon & Spa in Ilion, NY.
Another local athlete is heading to Rio De Janeiro. Sarah Geoff True, the Cooperstown graduate, has made the US Olympic team and is going for the gold.
It was this month last year that USA Luge put out word to other cities that they would consider offers for a new home. On Friday, May 14th CEO Jim Leahy met with his Board of Directors and a decision was made on the fate of the U.S. Olympic headquarters in Lake Placid for the sport of Luge.