LUGE & SKELETON: WILD RIDE.Sharp curves at breakneck break·neck adj. 1. Dangerously fast: a breakneck pace. 2. Likely to cause an accident: a breakneck curve. speeds, helmets hovering inches above the ice an occasional flipped sled- luge luge (l  zh), a type of small sled on which one or two persons, lying face up, slide feet first down snowy hillsides or down steeply banked, curving, iced chutes similar to those used in is one of the game's most thrilling sports. With time measured in thousandths of a second, the margin of victory is often as narrow at the margin of error. Skeleton is part of the Olympics for the first time since 1948 for men and it makes its Games debut for women. The sport takes luge a step further as athletes streak down the ice head first at speeds of up to 80 miles an hour. CAPTION(S): photo, 3 boxes, drawing Photo: (color) Lee Ann Parsley Lee Ann Parsley (born June 12, 1968) in Logan West Virginia is an American skeleton racer who competed from 2000 to 2005. She won a silver medal in the women's sksleton event at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. of the U.S. women's skeleton team. Box: (1) LUGE (2) SKELETON (3) TV SCHEDULE Drawing: (color) LUGE & SKELETON: WILD RIDE Sources: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. ; Knight-Ridder Tribune; ``Sports: the Complete Visual Reference'' by Francois Fortin Jon Gerung, Gregg Miller/Staff Artists |
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