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Local Olympians

Golf tournament set to raise funds for future USA luge athletes

LAKE PLACID — For the second year in a row, USA Luge will host a golf tournament to raise money for the team. “Many of our athletes play golf in their downtime,” said Brenna Margol Payne, the director of development for the USA Luge Foundation. “We decided last year to blend our ...

Miracle on Ice fantasy camp returns

The 7th annual Miracle on Ice Fantasy Camp took place at the Olympic Center in Lake Placid from Sunday, April 29 to Thursday, May 4. The camp included an evaluation, a team draft, a round-robin tournament and an awards ceremony. The Miracle on Ice Fantasy Camp had 43 participants this ...

USA Luge announces National Team

LAKE PLACID — USA Luge announced the members of the 2023 National Team on May 2. The group features eight Olympic athletes, Summer Britcher, Emily Sweeney, Ashley Farquharson, Chris Mazdzer, Jonny Gustafson, Tucker West, Zack DiGregorio and Sean Hollander. The team will seek to build on ...

USA wins relay bronze medal in World Cup finale

WINTERBERG, Germany—The United States relay squad of Emily Sweeney, Tucker West, Zack DiGregorio and Sean Hollander won the bronze medal in the final event of the 2022-23 FIL World Cup season. It was the second consecutive podium appearance for the relay team and their third of the ...

Team USA relay team wins silver medal

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland — USA luge’s relay team of Emily Sweeney, Tucker West and the doubles team of Zack DiGregorio and Sean Hollander found themselves on the podium at the FIL (International Luge Federation) World Cup competition in St. Moritz, Switzerland this past weekend. The ...

Sweeney takes World Cup luge bronze at Winterberg

WINTERBERG, Germany — Emily Sweeney of Lake Placid returned to the podium at the FIL (International Luge Federation) World Cup competition in Winterberg, Germany, taking home the bronze medal in the women’s singles race. Later, Sweeney competed in the women’s singles World Cup sprint ...