LAKE PLACID - First it was the alpine skiers, then biathletes, and finally, luge athletes were on hand to meet and talk with the public.On Thursday at the Olympic Museum in Lake Placid, the month-long Meet an Olympian series wrapped up with an appearance by members of USA Luge who are getting ...

LAKE PLACID - As USA Luge prepares for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, its former director has joined the staff at the United States Curling Association.Ron Rossi, a Lake Placid resident who was the USA Luge executive director and CEO from 1985 to 2013, was recently ...

LAKE PLACID - Three months before USA Luge athletes compete in their first World Cup of the season in Austria, they are busy gearing up for another Olympic season.The 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, are only six months away.And despite the saber-rattling going on between ...

Lake Placid native Nina Lussi captured the bronze medal Saturday at the 2018 U.S. Ski Jumping Championships on the HS134 meter hill at the Utah Olympic Park in Park City, Utah.Will Rhoads, of Park City, Utah, and Nita Englund, of Florence, Wisconsin, came away with gold in one of the most hotly ...

LAKE PLACID - A small crowd of kids and parents mingled about, wondering if it was OK to go up and touch the shiny things on the table. This being a museum, most people were hesitant.But Andrew Weibrecht didn't mind, and soon kids were able to put their hands on genuine, hard-earned Olympic ...

LAKE PLACID - A pair of three-time Olympians highlighted last Thursday's Meet an Olympian program at the Lake Placid Olympic Museum as U.S. biathletes Lowell Bailey and Tim Burke visited the museum to talk about their sport, pose for pictures and sign autographs.Last winter, the 35 year-old ...