Italy’s Winter Olympic sliding track ready for testing; Lake Placid is backup plan
The IOC has said that the three sliding sports would be moved to Lake Placid if the track in Italy isn’t ready in time for ...
Cortina's controversial Olympic sliding track slated for test runs by 60 athletes next week
The track's essential structure is done. Construction workers celebrated Sunday’s milestone by laying down a branch of an ...
Richland graduate Barefoot builds on Team USA skeleton resume in world championship
At age 34, Daniel Barefoot is almost a decade into an amazing and seemingly unlikely journey as a part of Team USA men’s skeleton squad. The Richland High School and Penn State University graduate ...
Friedrich leads 4-man world bobsled title race as weather takes its toll on Lake Placid track
Friedrich — a 15-time world champion, with nine two-man golds and four two-man golds on his resume along with two more ...
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It's not just Jamaica with a 'Cool Runnings' story. There are sliders from all over the world now
Those 10 nations — with a combined five Winter Olympic medals between them over the years, all won by Spain — were part of a ...
Area residents showcase pride in years of support
Behind every international sporting competition is an army of local volunteers working behind the scenes to make it happen.
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Strength and skill on display at Bobsled & Skeleton World Champs in Lake Placid
Lake Placid is hosting the World Championships for bobsled and skeleton. Races started last weekend and continue on Friday ...
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Lake Placid lays out plan for athletes village as officials await word on Olympic sliding track
In December, the track at Mount Van Hoevenberg was named as the backup site for luge, skeleton, and bobsled if construction ...
US wins 2 gold medals in world championship at Lake Placid
Sunday’s gold is her second world championships medal, joining a bronze that she won pushing Humphries’ two-woman sled just ...
U.S. wins skeleton’s mixed team event at worlds ahead of Olympic debut; Mystique Ro earns individual silver
Mystique Ro goes into the Olympic season as the first American to win a world championships medal in skeleton since 2013. And Ro and Austin Florian will go into the Olympic debut of the mixed team ...