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Winter Olympic Sports

#WeStandWithUkraine

LAKE PLACID — United States sliding sports teams are rallying around the Ukrainian flag — literally and figuratively — after the Russia military invaded the country on Thursday, Feb. 24. The support is most apparent at the USA Luge office on Church Street, Lake Placid, where on ...

Ukraine athletes defend country, demand sanctions for Russia

In early February, Ukrainian skeleton rider Vladyslav Heraskevych flashed a sign at the Olympics: “No war in Ukraine.” On Sunday, Feb. 27, he was hunkered down about 90 miles outside of his nation’s capital with weapons nearby in case he needs to defend his country. “I am a ...

OLYMPIC LEGACY: Wild weather blues

(Editor’s note: This story is part of an “Olympic Legacy” series to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the III Olympic Winter Games at Lake Placid in 1932. What happened that year led to this village hosting the XIII Olympic Winter Games in 1980 and the continuing legacy of training ...

OLYMPIC LEGACY: Olympic family

(Editor’s note: This story is part of an “Olympic Legacy” series to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the III Olympic Winter Games at Lake Placid in 1932. What happened that year led to this village hosting the XIII Olympic Winter Games in 1980 and the continuing legacy of training ...

Friedrich gets 4th Olympic bobsled gold as Germans dominate 4-man race

BEIJING — Double gold in Pyeongchang, double gold in Beijing. Francesco Friedrich won everything the Olympics had to offer once again. The world’s best bobsledder finished off a dominating Olympics by the world’s sliding superpower, winning the four-man race at the Beijing Games on ...

Meyers Taylor makes history with Olympic bronze in Beijing

BEIJING (AP) — Laura Nolte and Mariama Jamanka added to Germany’s record haul of Olympic medals. Elana Meyers Taylor extended her medal record, too. The German sliding domination of the Beijing Games continued Saturday, Feb. 19, with Nolte driving to gold and Jamanka winning the ...