LAKE PLACID — Jonny Gustafson isn’t new to luge, but he is new to the Olympics. The Massena native, who now lives in Lake Placid full time, has competed in four Luge World Championships but has yet to compete at the Olympic Winter Games. That will all change this weekend when ...

SARANAC LAKE — Emily Sweeney is focused on staying focused. The Lake Placid resident, Army soldier and Olympic luge racer is considered a contender for a medal in Beijing, and she doesn’t want anything to throw her off track. Catching COVID-19 could derail her, so she’s fastidious ...

LAKE PLACID — The U.S. luge team has sent athletes for two doubles sleds every year since the sport debuted on the Olympic roster in 1964 at Innsbruck, Austria — except 1968 and 2022, when they sent only one sled. This year, that sled is being occupied by Olympic newcomers Sean ...

The USA Luge doubles team of Zack DiGregorio and Sean Hollander prepared for their first Olympics on the track in Park City, Utah prior to heading to the 2022 games in Beijing, China. They shared a condo with Head Coach Robert Fegg and Jayson Terdiman, who didn’t make the Olympic team with ...

LAKE PLACID — It was Jan. 10, and the U.S. luge athletes at the Zoom press conference had just made the Olympic team — but they were far from celebratory. Except for some laughs and jokes from Summer Britcher, the mood was weary. “This has definitely been a very tough year,” ...

BEIJING (AP) — Bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor was chosen Wednesday to be a flagbearer for the U.S. Olympic team but will not be able to attend the Winter Games opening ceremony because she’s in isolation after a positive COVID-19 test. Speedskater Brittany Bowe will take her place in ...