LAKE PLACID — The last time U.S. luge Olympian Summer Britcher competed in a FIL Luge World Cup in Lake Placid, she missed the women’s singles podium by 0.269 seconds. Since then Britcher, the all-time USA Luge women’s singles leader for World Cup victories, has recorded just four ...

LAKE PLACID — With one final run left in his career, Olympic luge athlete Chris Mazdzer stopped and gave a quick smile to the camera on top of the Mount Van Hoevenberg track on Dec. 9. The four-time Olympian and 2018 luge silver medalist who grew up in Saranac Lake rarely shows emotion ...

SARANAC LAKE — When the Saranac Lake Placid girls hockey team faced off against the Beekmantown Eagles last season, it wasn’t all that close in any of the three matchups. But on Dec. 12, the SLP girls found themselves in a close battle with the Eagles at the Saranac Lake Civic Center ...

LAKE PLACID — On an emotional final day of the FIL Luge World Cup in Lake Placid on Saturday, the U.S. women closed out their successful weekend with three medals in the sprint division races. Sprint races feature the top 15 athletes in each discipline based on their finish in the ...

LAKE PLACID — Salt Lake City, Utah, may be the International Olympic Committee’s preferred host city for the 2034 Olympic Winter Games, but Olympic competition could actually be coming back to the Adirondack Park in just over two years. New York state and U.S. Olympic & Paralympic ...