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Winter Olympic Sports

USA Luge finishes season with nine medals

LAKE PLACID — The USA Luge national team finished the 2022-23 World Cup circuit in late February, wrapping up a season that saw luge racing back in the U.S. for the first time since 2019 with a medal count led by Emily Sweeney and the relay squad of Sweeney, Tucker West, Zack DiGregorio ...

USABSF adds one member to board

LAKE PLACID — The USA Bobsled/Skeleton Foundation announced on March 28 that Jay Madan has joined its board. Madan is an advisor, board member and operational executive with 30 years combined in management, consulting and C-suite operating experience in biotechnology, life sciences and ...

U.S. Biathlon names its Chief Executive Officer

The United States Biathlon Association announced on Monday that Jack Gierhart has been named its chief executive officer. Gierhart has been serving as the interim CEO since September 2022. Gierhart is the successor to long-time USBA CEO Max Cobb, who is now the secretary general of the ...

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 ...