Salt Lake City being preferred as a shoo-in to host the 2034 Winter Olympics was expected. The surprise was the IOC favoring the French Alps bid for the 2030 edition on Wednesday, Nov. 29. Aiming to finalize back-to-back Winter Games hosts next year, the International Olympic Committee ...

LAKE PLACID — USA Bobsled/Skeleton Monday, Nov. 20 announced the members of the bobsled team for the 2023/2024 IBSF World Cup competition season. The athletes named are as follows: Lauren Brzozowski, Kaysha Love and Elana Meyers Taylor for female pilots; Azaria Hill, Jasmine Jones, ...

NEW GLOUCESTER, MAINE — Lake Clear’s Jackie Garso — a 2016 graduate of Saranac Lake High School — was named Monday, Nov. 20 to the U.S. Biathlon Association’s roster of official World Cup athletes for the first trimester of the season. “It’s all super exciting. I am really ...

LAKE PLACID — International junior luge athletes are coming to North America for the FIL Junior Luge World Cup from Nov. 30 to Dec. 3 at Utah Olympic Park, home of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Park City. USA Luge athletes expected to compete include 2022 Junior World Championship ...

LAKE PLACID — The IBSF North American Cup kicked off at Mount Van Hoevenberg, marking the first outdoor competition of the 2023/2024 sliding season for the stars and stripes. This event also coincided with USABS’ Bobsled Selection Races. “The athletes have waited a long time to get ...

LAKE PLACID — USA Luge athletes kicked off the sliding season with the 2023 Norton National Champions in Lake Placid on Saturday, Nov. 11. The championships, held at Mount Van Hoevenberg, consisted of four disciplines under cloudy skies and temperatures in the mid-20s. Zack DiGregorio and ...