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Olympic Winter Games 2014 luger
Member of the U.S. luge team headed to the Olympic Winter Games 2014 in Sochi. She's from La Cañada.
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Kate Hansen
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Press Play with Madeleine Brand
The Olympic's Dancing Luger We check back in with Kate Hansen, a SoCal luger who made it all the way to the Sochi Olympics. Kate blew up on the internet earlier this week when her unusual warm-up routine was caught on tape: Kate likes to blast Beyoncé in her headphones and dance around before hopping on her luge.
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Olympic Luger Kate Hansen Given the climate here in sunny Southern California, you wouldn’t think this would be home to many winter sports enthusiasts. So how does someone growing up in La Cañada end up hurtling down twisty ice chutes at 80 miles an hour for the US Olympic luge team?
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