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 ...

LAKE PLACID — It would be strange to see some of your favorite Olympians waiting on you at a restaurant, but in Lake Placid that could happen. It’s been nearly five months since the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China and for the many USA Luge athletes living in Lake Placid or the ...

LAKE PLACID — More than a dozen Olympians and potential Olympic-level athletes were in attendance for Olympic and Paralympic Day at Mount Van Hoevenberg in Lake Placid on Thursday, June 23. Olympic and Paralympic Day, a day to commemorate the birth of the modern Olympic Games, started ...

Olympic bobsled pilot Elana Meyers Taylor was the guest speaker Wednesday, May 4 at a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House to celebrate the accomplishments of U.S. Olympians and Paralympians over the past two years. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden welcomed members ...