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Local Olympians

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 ...

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 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 ...

USA Luge wins two medals in Sigulda World Cup

SIGULDA, Latvia — Following a two-week holiday break, USA Luge returned back to FIL Luge World Cup action on Jan. 7 and 8 in Sigulda, Latvia. After the United States picked up two medals in its last World Cup in Park City on Dec. 16 and 17, 2022, the team repeated its efforts in ...