COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee announced on Wednesday Aug. 31 that Elana Meyers Taylor, a four-time Olympian and five-time medal winner in the sport of bobsled, has been elected by the USOPC Athletes’ Advisory Council to serve as an athlete ...

LAKE PLACID — USA Bobsled/Skeleton announced Wednesday several changes to its coaching and administrative staff. Many of the changes reflect a thoughtful and strategic approach to long-term growth within the organization. "As we head into the next Olympic quad, it's important to ...

LAKE PLACID — USA Bobsled/Skeleton recently announced that Dan Gans, the founder and principal of Polaris Consulting, LLC and the Polaris-Hutton Group, will serve as a member of the USA Bobsled/Skeleton Foundation. The foundation was established to raise funds to support the needs of USA ...

Jayson Terdiman is done with sliding. He’s not done with luge. The two-time Olympian has been hired as a junior national team coach, USA Luge announced Thursday, while also making his retirement from competitive racing official. Terdiman said last December that he was retiring and ...

LAKE PLACID — If flying down a luge track at a near 70 mph wasn’t risky enough, imagine doing that without the possibility of making the Olympics. That’s what Sophie Kirkby, of Ray Brook, risked when she switched over from singles luge to doubles during the early stages of the ...

LAKE PLACID — After the International Olympic Committee announced on June 24 that women’s doubles will be added to the 2026 Olympic Winter Games program at Milan Cortina, Italy, one question remains. Will there be fewer men competing in luge at the Olympics now that more women will be ...