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FISU Games results: Wednesday, Jan. 18

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LAKE PLACID — Below are the competition results from the Lake Placid 2023 FISU Winter World University Games on Wednesday, Jan. 18. For medal events, we’ve included results for gold, silver and bronze, plus any American athlete. - ALPINE SKIING (MEN’S GIANT SLALOM) - 1. Czech ...

USA ice dancers win silver in World University Games

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LAKE PLACID - Returning to Lake Placid after their third-place finish at the 2022 U.S. International Figure Skating Classic in September, Lorraine McNamara and Anton Spiridonov glided away with the silver medal at the 2023 Winter World University Games. They were the only US skaters to earn a ...

LP girls, SL boys win Nordic ski race

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The Saranac Lake, Lake Placid and Keene Nordic ski teams competed against each other in a 5K classic race held at the Paul Smiths VIC on Thursday, Jan. 12. Despite imperfect skiing conditions so far this season, the race marked the third of the season between the three schools. “It’s ...

US men record first-ever FISU biathlon medal

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LAKE PLACID — Since the inception of the World University Games, the United States has never won a medal in men’s biathlon. That was until Bjorn Westervelt, of Stowe, Vermont, competed in his first competition of the Games on Wednesday, Jan. 18 at Mount Van Hoevenberg. Racing in wet ...

One for the record books

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LAKE PLACID — Track records are made to be broken in speedskating, and they were at the James C. Sheffield Speed Skating Oval on Monday, Jan. 16, not once, but twice in the 5,000-meter race. Eric Heiden still looms large in speed skating, and 43 years ago in Lake Placid, he earned an ...

Some hotels booked for FISU Games, some not so booked

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LAKE PLACID — Many Lake Placid hotels are fully booked and bustling with FISU officials, athletes and workforce this week as the world arrives for the 2023 FISU Winter World University Games, which officially began on Jan. 12. At many hotels on the outskirts of Lake Placid and elsewhere in ...