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Winter Olympic Sports

Salt Lake City reveals proposed 2034 Olympic venues

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — The Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games has identified 13 proposed venues as part of its preferred host bid file for the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The plan includes a core of existing venues along with bringing the new events of ski and ...

U.S. Biathlon announces roster for next season

MIDWAY, Utah — The United States Biathlon Association announced Tuesday its nominated members of the Senior National team, National Development Group and the Junior National team for the upcoming 2024-25 season. The National Development Group includes Lake Clear’s Jackie Garso, New York ...

USA Luge holds masters start competition

LAKE PLACID — USA Luge closed out the season this past weekend with the Masters Start Competition at the USA Luge Start Facility. The National Team celebrated its 14 World Cup medals and seven overall World Cup results in the top 10. Season highlights included podium finishes at the 2024 ...

Single arm amputee takes on bobsled

LAKE PLACID — Last June, David Snypes Jr. was attending a para skeleton camp at the indoor push house facility at Mount Van Hoevenberg when someone told him that he should try pushing the bobsled off to the side. “I said, ‘Why not?’” Snypes said. “I took one push, and it felt ...

Parabob team shares love for sport

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,” ...

Mystique Ro earns skeleton gold

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 ...