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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 ...

Welcome, world, we’re ready for bobsled and skeleton

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LAKE PLACID — The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation Bobsled World Cup season will conclude this weekend with the eight World Cup races at the Olympic Sports Complex at Mount Van Hoevenberg. The three-day competition, which starts on March 21 in Lake Placid, is the final ...

Four teams battle for ECAC crown

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LAKE PLACID — Four Eastern College Athletic Conference men’s hockey teams will return here this weekend to compete for the Scott M. Whitelaw Cup. The four teams — the Quinnipiac Bobcats, Cornell Big Red, Dartmouth Big Green and the St. Lawrence Saints — will face off in the ECAC ...

Sara-Placid Lakers hockey players earn awards

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LAKE PLACID — The Sara-Placid Lakers Youth Hockey organization held its end of the year awards ceremony on March 16, at the Saranac Lake Civic Center. The organization recognized over 130 players this season and gave out some awards. ¯ Joseph Drutz Memorial Awards (Squirts) for ...

USA Nordic Sport CEO Adam Provost resigns

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PARK CITY, Utah — USA Nordic Sport CEO Adam Provost has resigned. Provost will step down from his role after leading the ski jumping and Nordic combined organization for the past two years, USA Nordic Sport announced on Wednesday, March 13. “Although I may be stepping down from my ...

Mountain bike world series is coming to Placid in September

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LAKE PLACID — Mount Van Hoevenberg will host a round of the WHOOP Union Cycliste Internationale Mountain Bike World Series for the first time from Sept. 27 to 29. The WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series will have three men’s and women’s races. The event hopes to bring the top ...