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Winter Olympic Sports

Four win youth national titles

LAKE PLACID — The nation’s top luge athletes under the age of 18 took part in the Norton Youth National Championships in Lake Placid on March 4-5. Vermontville resident Sadie Martin clinched second place in one of two races in her category but failed to medal. Two separate races were ...

Mt. Van Hoevenberg to host sliding events in March

LAKE PLACID — The state Olympic Regional Development Authority has a full slate of sliding events scheduled for March at the Mount Van Hoevenberg Sliding Center. - Luge - The Norton USA Youth Nationals, on March 4 and 5, and the Norton USA Junior Nationals, on March 11 and 12, are ...

Team USA relay team wins silver medal

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland — USA luge’s relay team of Emily Sweeney, Tucker West and the doubles team of Zack DiGregorio and Sean Hollander found themselves on the podium at the FIL (International Luge Federation) World Cup competition in St. Moritz, Switzerland this past weekend. The ...

Sweeney takes World Cup luge bronze at Winterberg

WINTERBERG, Germany — Emily Sweeney of Lake Placid returned to the podium at the FIL (International Luge Federation) World Cup competition in Winterberg, Germany, taking home the bronze medal in the women’s singles race. Later, Sweeney competed in the women’s singles World Cup sprint ...

Poles pack Lake Placid for ski jumping World Cup

LAKE PLACID — If you just listened to the crowd at the men’s ski jumping World Cup this past weekend, you probably would have thought that Dawid Kubacki was the hometown hero. In fact, the Polish jumper had never even been to Lake Placid before the FIS World Cup, but every time he ...

IOC’s Bach says Olympics on history’s side in Russia issue

COURCHEVEL, France — Insisting sports had to respect the human rights of all athletes, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach on Sunday, Feb. 12 denied that the organization was on the wrong side of history by helping Russians and Belarusians qualify for the 2024 Paris Summer ...