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Winter Olympic Sports

Ski jumping World Cup returning to Lake Placid

LAKE PLACID — The state Olympic Regional Development Authority Friday announced that the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup will return to the Olympic Jumping Complex from Feb. 9 to 11 next year. This event joins the calendar with two additional World Cup events already confirmed for this ...

US Biathlon HQ moves to Utah, national team still in Lake Placid

LAKE PLACID — The United States Biathlon Association announced Sept. 14 that its headquarters will be moving from New Gloucester, Maine to Midway, Utah. The decision followed an extensive search process and approval from the USBA Board of Directors. Lake Placid will remain the home of the ...

Britcher, West win USA Luge start championships

LAKE PLACID — Three-time Olympians Summer Britcher and Tucker West held onto their singles titles Friday, Aug. 18 during the annual USA Luge Start Championships in Lake Placid at the team headquarters on Church Street. This was West’s 11th win at the championships, surpassing the ...

USA Luge starts new sliding season

LAKE PLACID — Members of the National Team and the Junior National Team competed in the USA Luge Start Championships Friday, Aug. 18 on the refrigerated start track at the team’s headquarters on Church Street in Lake Placid. Three-time Olympians Tucker West and Summer Britcher won the ...

Eruzione shows grandkids ‘Miracle’ site

LAKE PLACID — For Mike Eruzione’s grandchildren, most of their knowledge of what happened here on Feb. 22, 1980, was through the 2004 film “Miracle” and that’s only for those who have seen it. Mike’s son Mike Eruzione Jr. said his kids had seen the movie but hadn’t ...

Sadie Martin ready to slide into new season

LAKE PLACID — When 15-year-old Vermontville native Sadie Martin geared up for her first trip down the Mount Van Hoevenberg luge run at start No. 3 — the women’s start — nerves hit her body almost instantly. “I had like a mental breakdown before I pulled off the handles,” she ...