Oh, no! Anne Abernathy, the 52-year-old slider known as “Grandma Luge,” was injured during a crash in practice Sunday. She was taken to a hospital with an unspecified arm injury. It is unknown at this time whether she will be able to compete in Monday’s Olympic luge runs. We’ll keep you updated, and we send her our warmest thoughts and prayers for a quick recovery.
52 years old? I’ve been there and gone, and one thing I couldn’t feature doing is slamming down an icy tube at 80-plus mph! Of course, I wouldn’t have done that at an earlier age either.
Let’s hope she’s OK. If she wants it this bad, she deserves to get it.
This is her 6th Olympics. You can read more about her here.