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OLYMPIC LEGACY: Anchor of Lake Placid

(Editor’s note: This story is part of an “Olympic Legacy” series to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the III Olympic Winter Games at Lake Placid in 1932. What happened that year led to this village hosting the XIII Olympic Winter Games in 1980 and the continuing legacy of training ...

Billy Demong resigns as USA Nordic director

USA Nordic Sport announced Tuesday, March 22 that Vermontville native Billy Demong would be resigning as executive director of the national governing body for ski jumping and Nordic combined. Demong, 41, will remain a member of the USA Nordic Sport Board of Directors and will act as an ...

OLYMPIC LEGACY: Olympic forefathers

(Editor’s note: This story is part of an “Olympic Legacy” series to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the III Olympic Winter Games at Lake Placid in 1932. What happened that year led to this village hosting the XIII Olympic Winter Games in 1980 and the continuing legacy of training ...

Lake Placid to honor 2022 Olympians with parade

LAKE PLACID — The village will welcome its Olympic athletes home from Beijing next week with a parade on Main Street, free public skating at the Olympic Speedskating Oval and athlete speakers. The 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing ended on Feb. 20, and the state Olympic Regional Development ...

Four teams to battle for ECAC title

LAKE PLACID — After a two-year absence because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Eastern College Athletic Conference men’s ice hockey championship will return to the Olympic Center in Lake Placid on Friday and Saturday. Battling for not only the ECAC title, but an automatic bid to the ...

Norton USA Luge junior national titles won as race season ends

It was literally a march to the top this month for USA Luge’s Marcus Mueller. He was one of 29 athletes racing on Sunday, March 13 in comfortable low 30 degrees Fahrenheit temperature in the Wasatch Mountains. At stake was the 2022 Norton championship and status for next year. After ...