Bree Schaaf stood atop the tallest ice track in Germany, staring down 1,400 meters of steep, twisting slope.
Wrecks are common at the Altenberg bobsled, luge and skeleton track in Altenberg, Germany. Drivers are swallowed up on their way down the chute, with its 17 turns and a 122-meter vertical drop.
One-half a revolution may have cost her an Olympics bid, but Ashley Wagner believes her dream will come full circle.
Wagner, 18, placed third at the U.S. Women’s Figure Skating Championships in Spokane Jan. 23, missing a berth to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver by one spot.
