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LP biathlete races to personal best

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MADONA, Latvia — Abigail Van Dorn of Lake Placid and the New York Ski Educational Foundation made her international racing debut just last week, and on Jan. 16, she raced to 13th in the junior women’s 7.5K sprint at IBU Junior Cup 3 in Madona, Latvia. It was a day of firsts for Van ...

Mystique Ro leads the official US Olympic skeleton team

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Austin Florian and Mystique Ro, winners of the mixed skeleton world championship last season, were announced on Jan. 19 as two of the four members of the U.S. team that will compete in the head-first sliding event at the Milan Cortina Olympics next month. Florian and Dan Barefoot got ...

USA Luge taps 11 slider Olympic team

Local Olympians

LAKE PLACID — USA Luge officially announced its 11 nominations for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milano-Cortina on Monday, Jan. 12, as the elite team is made up of a solid mix of returning Olympians and newcomers. The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee will officially sign off ...

USA’s Kaila Kuhn soars to aerials gold

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LAKE PLACID — From competing at the Olympics to even winning a World Championship, American aerialist Kaila Kuhn has achieved a lot in her young career. But prior to the Jan. 12 World Cup aerials competition at the Olympic Ski Jumping Complex, Kuhn had never stood atop the World Cup ...

McCormick nets 100th point in win

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ROUSES POINT — Saranac Lake Placid’s Ayden McCormick has always had a knack for finding the back of the net. So, when the SLP boys hockey team needed a goal late in the Jan. 8 road game against the Northeastern Clinton Cougars, the team knew exactly who to look toward. And the ...