Bethany Calcaterra Mcmahon

Amid the snow-white sparkle and media avalanche of the Winter Olympics, U.S. flag bearer Cammy Myler said, it can be difficult to retain perspective, but she and U.S. luge teammate, Bethany Calcaterra-McMahon, have an emotional feel for it. "Luge has always been the most important thing in my life, that and school, but it's really just a sport," Myler said, weighing it against her brother Tim's fight with colon cancer in an Albany, N.Y., hospital.

Amid the snow-white sparkle and media avalanche of the Winter Olympics, U.S. flag bearer Cammy Myler said, it can be difficult to retain perspective, but she and U.S. luge teammate, Bethany Calcaterra-McMahon, have an emotional feel for it. "Luge has always been the most important thing in my life, that and school, but it's really just a sport," Myler said, weighing it against her brother Tim's fight with colon cancer in an Albany, N.Y., hospital.