CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Ashley Farquharson crossed the finish line, looked at the giant scoreboard at the end of the track and then immediately began to cry. A happy cry, at that. A very happy cry. USA Luge has its seventh Olympic medal — one that came from a slider who never ...
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Andrea Voetter and Marion Oberhofer hadn’t won a race this season on the World Cup circuit. They weren’t even contenders in many of them. Ah, the comforts of home. A little Italian ice changed everything — and the first women’s doubles luge champions ...
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — A gold medal at the Milan Cortina Olympics weighs 506 grams, or just over 1.1 pounds. It’s a fairly heavy necklace. Sorry, Max Langenhan. The additional neck pain might be worth it. Langenhan — a two-time defending World Cup overall champion from ...
LAKE PLACID — Two area synchronized skating teams earned medals at the Empire State Winter Games this past weekend. The Skating Club of Lake Placid’s Crystal Edges had the area’s top results on Feb. 8, earning a gold medal in the Aspire 1 Group B division. The Crystal Edges beat ...
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — For Italy, it was a double-gold night in doubles luge. And for the U.S., the wait for the biggest prize in the sport will continue. Emanuel Rieder and Simon Kainzwaldner of Italy rallied in the second heat to win the Olympic men’s doubles gold medal at ...
PLATTSBURGH — The Beekmantown girls hockey team netted a goal late in the third period to defeat Saranac Lake Placid 2-1 in the Section VII girls hockey championship on Monday evening at the Plattsburgh State Fieldhouse. The Eagles’ Rhianna Gilligan sent a wrist shot into the net ...