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Parabob team shares love for sport
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LAKE PLACID — U.S. para bobsled athlete and Veteran David Christopher loves the thrill of riding in a bobsled. After a motorcycle accident left Christopher paralyzed from the chest down nearly 10 years ago, bobsled has been a huge passion of his. “You kind of get that thrill,” ...
Taylor Heise ready to lead Team USA
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LAKE PLACID — As U.S. women’s national hockey player Taylor Heise got off the ice during a national team practice here on March 28, a group of girls CAN/AM hockey players lined the tunnel waiting to high-five the players. Every one of those young players knew who the 24-year-old from ...
Bobsled, skeleton World Cup season wraps up in Lake Placid
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LAKE PLACID — The IBSF World Cup season concluded on home ice this week with three days of competition this past weekend. In the two-man bobsled event on March 22, Team USA’s Frank Del Duca and Manteo Mitchell placed fifth in a two-run time of 1 minute, 50.96 seconds. Teammates Kris ...
Mystique Ro earns skeleton gold
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LAKE PLACID — Team USA’s Mystique Ro recorded her first-ever World Cup win in the women’s skeleton event on Thursday, March 21, the opening day of the IBSF World Cup, at Mount Van Hoevenberg. The win marked the first World Cup victory by an American skeleton athlete in eight ...
Team USA’s Elana Meyers Taylor wins monobob silver
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LAKE PLACID — The IBSF women’s monobob World Cup season came to an end at Mount Van Hoevenberg on March 22 with a race for the sporting history books. In the eighth race of the season, Breeana Walker — with a two-heat combined time of 1 minute, 58.67 seconds — claimed the first ...