Photo Gallery: Local Olympian Kate Hansen’s first luge runs celebrated in La Cañada

Mary Ohms, of La Canada, who has known Kate Hansen since she was a student at La Canada High School, closely watches her friend race in the Olympics at Sochi, Russia in the first day and second run of the luge competition at Los Gringos Locos in La Canada Flintridge on Monday, February 10, 2014. After two runs, local Olympian luger Kate Hansen is in 10th place.

Mary Ohms, of La Canada, who has known Kate Hansen since she was a student at La Canada High School, closely watches her friend race in the Olympics at Sochi, Russia in the first day and second run of the luge competition at Los Gringos Locos in La Canada Flintridge on Monday, February 10, 2014. After two runs, local Olympian luger Kate Hansen is in 10th place.  (Tim Berger / La Canada Valley Sun)

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Kate Hansen, a 2010 La Cañada High graduate, made her first Olympics run in the women’s singles luge on Monday, Feb. 10, 2014 at 6:30 a.m. PDT (6:30 p.m. in Sochi).

Photo Gallery: Local Olympian Kate Hansen's first luge run celebrated in La Canada

Grace O’Hara, of La Canada, who has known Kate Hansen since middle school, closely watches her friend race in the Olympics at Sochi, Russia in the first day and second run of the luge competition at Los Gringos Locos in La Canada Flintridge on Monday, February 10, 2014. After two runs, local Olympian luger Kate Hansen is in 10th place.  (Tim Berger / La Canada Valley Sun)

Photo Gallery: Local Olympian Kate Hansen's first luge run celebrated in La Canada

Sam Nicholson, of La Crescenta, who has known Kate Hansen since she was a friend of his daughters as a child, holds his GO USA mittens that he got for his birthday last week, as he watches local Olympian Kate Hansen does her second run on luge on a large television at Los Gringos Locos in La Canada Flintridge on Monday, February 10, 2014. After two runs, local Olympian luger Kate Hansen is in 10th place.  (Tim Berger / La Canada Valley Sun)

Photo Gallery: Local Olympian Kate Hansen's first luge run celebrated in La Canada

With barely enough room for several television photographers and reporters to move around, the crowd at at Los Gringos Locos in La Canada Flintridge was filled nearly to capacity to watch local Olympian Kate Hansen compete in the women’s luge in Sochi, Russia on Monday, February 10, 2014. After two runs, local Olympian luger Kate Hansen is in 10th place.  (Tim Berger / La Canada Valley Sun)

Photo Gallery: Local Olympian Kate Hansen's first luge run celebrated in La Canada

Haley Johnson, who grew up with Kate Hansen, puts on beads for luck as her friend prepares for her second run in the women’s luge competition in the Olympics in Sochi, Russia, as a large group celebrates at Los Gringos Locos in La Canada Flintridge on Monday, February 10, 2014. After two runs, local Olympian on the luge Kate Hansen is in 10th place.  (Tim Berger / La Canada Valley Sun)

Photo Gallery: Local Olympian Kate Hansen's first luge run celebrated in La Canada

The exterior of Los Gringos Locos in La Canada Flintridge on Monday, February 10, 2014, the day local Olympian Kate Hansen takes her first two runs on luge in the Olympics in Sochi, Russia. After two runs, local Olympian luger Kate Hansen is in 10th place.  (Tim Berger / La Canada Valley Sun)

Photo Gallery: Local Olympian Kate Hansen's first luge run celebrated in La Canada

Shannon O’Hara, of La Canada, smiles as she takes a photo of the television as her friend Kate Hansen does her second run in the luge competition in the Olympics in Sochi, Russia, at a celebration at Los Gringos Locos in La Canada Flintridge on Monday, February 10, 2014. After two runs, local Olympian luger Kate Hansen is in 10th place.  (Tim Berger / La Canada Valley Sun)