Not chopped liver 'Racing sausage' and teammates sizzled in the luge In luge competition at the Olympics, it's the Germans and everyone else. Georg Hackl, Silke Kraushaar and Stefan Krausse, all soldiers in the German army, swept through the luge events at the Nagano Games, proving that a system of state-backed professional athletes can be just as successful in capitalist Germany as it was in the former communist Germany. FULL STORY

Triples luge? David Letterman's mother, Dorothy, has a fun time with silver medalists Gordy Sheer (left) and Chris Thorpe   AP

Double medals for U.S. in doubles luge So what if it wasn't gold. Nobody on the U.S. luge team was complaining. After all, a 34-year jinx was broken. FULL STORY Kraushaar wins closest luge race in Olympic history In the closest luge race in Olympic history, Germany's Silke Kraushaar edged teammate Barbara Niedernhuber by two-thousandths of a second to win the women's gold medal Wednesday. FULL STORY U.S. spokesman tries to defuse 'bomb' comment U.S. luge team spokesman Sandy Caligione said on Tuesday that he had not intended to say anything political when he compared a row over racing shoes at the Nagano Olympics with the atomic bomb. FULL STORY Warren making charge in women's luge Erin Warren's first Olympics ended in a matter of moments when she crashed her luge on her first run at Lillehammer. Her second games are turning out far more interesting. FULL STORY Hackl runs away with third Olympic luge gold After winning his third straight Olympic gold medal Monday, German luge ace Georg Hackl mingled with fellow sliders and answered reporters' questions in the bitter cold of a Japanese Alpine evening. Finally, he hustled inside. FULL STORY

From Sports Illustrated Born to Luge Olympic champion Georg Hackl and World Cup champ Markus Prock continue their rivalry. SI's Luge medal picks RESULTS Event results Event Information Click here for more information on luge

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