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17 year-old Junior National Team athlete Kate Hansen won the fourth and final USA Luge women's race-off today, November 15. read more

As the Luge World Cup and Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games approach, the USA Luge team is in heavy competition to determine their squad. read more

Junior National Team athletes dominated the USA Luge women's race-off today, November 6, with Kate Hansen, age 17, and Emily Sweeney, age 16, finishing in first and second place respectively. read more

17 year-old Junior National Team athlete Emily Sweeney upset the women's field at today's, October 23, USA Luge team qualifying race, the second in a series of four races used to determine the make-up of the fall 2009 World Cup team. read more

Ashley Walden and Chris Mazdzer emerged as winners in today's, October 21, USA Luge team qualifying race. read more

USA Luge's final international racing squad, and eventually its 10-member Olympic team, will begin to take shape with a series of race-offs beginning Wednesday, Oct. 21, in Lake Placid, N.Y. read more

Julia Clukey, who underwent surgery on September 28 to repair a torn meniscus in her right knee, bounced back to win her third JetBlue USA Luge Start Championship title. read more

America's top luge athletes will be racing head-to-head on the indoor, fully-refrigerated start ramps at USA Luge's headquarters in Lake Placid, N.Y. read more

America's top luge athletes will be racing head-to-head on the indoor, fully-refrigerated start ramps at USA Luge's headquarters in Lake Placid, N.Y. read more

Julia Clukey, winner of the 2009 International Luge Start Competition and 2010 Olympic hopeful, has undergone surgery to repair a torn meniscus in her right knee following a wheeled luge crash in late August, 2009. read more

Those looking to get a glimpse at the stars of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada, should visit Lake Placid, N.Y. in October, as the nation’s top athletes from a variety of winter sports host camps at the U.S. Olympic Training Center. read more

Republic Lagun, based in Harbor City, Calif., was named the “The Official Milling Machine Tool Company of USA Luge”. The team received a new milling machine to use at their research workshop in Park City, Utah in mid-July. read more

On Saturday and Sunday, September 26-27, young athletes who want to experience the thrill of luge and train under the guidance of USA Luge national team coaches and athletes can do so when the USA Luge Slider Search rolls into Canton, N.Y. read more

The off-season is beginning to whined down and the USA Luge national team has just one more training camp in Lake Placid, N.Y before the beginning of the 2009-10 international racing season. read more