Lake Placid, N.Y. • Erin Hamlin started coming to Lake Placid almost 20 years ago, when someone from USA Luge first figured out that the little girl had some potential on a sled.
She would only become the best American singles luger — that's the general consensus, anyway — as well as a world champion, a World Cup winner and an Olympic medalist. On Saturday, the soon-to-be-retired Hamlin competed in a major international race on her home track at Mount Van Hoevenberg for the final time.
Hamlin revealed last month, after qualifying for her fourth Olympic team, that this season is her finale.