(Reuters) - Elsa Desmond is set to swap her hospital rounds for hurtling feet-first down the frozen track in Beijing after she was given a place in the luge competition at the Olympic Games as Ireland's first woman in the event.
It will be a dream come true for the 24-year-old who recently qualified as a doctor and works in Britain's National Health Service, after first watching the sport during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
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