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Vancouver Now Canada names luge team Home Medals Results Canadian Results Schedule DaytoDay Schedule Athletes Featured Athletes Team Canada Full Athlete List News Venues Forums Blogs Videos Photos The GamesPast & Present Interactive Features SportsCurling Hockey Skating Figure Skating Short Track Speed Skating Skiing Alpine Skiing Biathlon CrossCountry Skiing Freestyle Skiing Nordic Combined Ski Jumping Sliding Bobsleigh Luge Skeleton Snowboarding Hot TopicsCanada vs US Sidney Crosby Hockey gold Closing ceremony Canadian Olympians Joannie Rochette Follow CBCListen to CBCRadio VancouverMultiLanguage BulletinsMandarinRussianArabicSpanishStory Tools EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK Canada names luge teamLast Updated Saturday December 19 2009 651 PM ET The Canadian Press Alex Gough is one of Canadas brightest hopes for an Olympic luge medal (Kerstin JoenssonAssociated Press)Canada will send a veteran luge team to its home track in Whistler BC in February in the hopes of finally breaking through to the Olympic podiumThe 10member luge team led by medal hopefuls Alex Gough and Sam Edney was introduced to the media and public Saturday beside the Olympic display in Calgarys downtown Hudsons Bay storeIts exciting said Gough who was a wideeyed 18yearold when she finished 20th at the Turin Olympics in 2006Since then the Calgaryborn slider has made great strides toward reaching a podium dominated by the German teamGough was fourth at the World Championships in Lake Placid NY this year and fourth last month at the World Cup event in Igls AustriaPreparing for the Olympics at the Whistler Sliding Centre she said she is focusing on the journey and not the finish lineIm such a process sort of person I might hope to finish somewhere but if I set myself up with a goal to finish in a certain position its a mental block Its run by run pull fast starts have clean consistent runs then I know I can finish in a position I can be happy withJoining her on the womens side is Regan Lauscher of Red Deer Alta and Reginas Meaghan SimisterThis will be the third Olympics for the 29yearold Lauscher who finished 10th at Turin She has struggled on the World Cup circuit this season recording just one top10 finishShe said she is still experimenting and finetuning her sled Mentally Im in a good spot I dont have to peak yet so Im not too concernedTeam coach Wolfgang Staudinger says Lauscher is still feeling the effects of doubleshoulder surgery in 2008Her strength levels dont currently allow for faster start times he saidIf she can bring up her start times to those of Alex she can compete at the same level he said adding they have Lauscher on a specialized regimen to do just thatSimister 23 is already among the fastest in the world out of the start hand...