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 — United States Bobsled and Skeleton announced on Nov. 7 its skeleton roster for the IBSF World Cup team and Europe Cup team. The World Cup team includes Mystique Ro, Sara Roderick, Michelle Toukan and Katie Uhlaender in the women’s division and Dan Barefoot, Austin Florian ...

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 ...

LAKE PLACID — As Nelson “Chris” Stokes walked around the Mountain Pass Lodge at Mount Van Hoevenberg on Friday, Oct. 27, the four-time Jamaican Olympic bobsledder saw few reminders of his time training in this village many years ago. Although the lodge opened in 2020 — and the ...

LAKE PLACID — With the 2023-24 luge season just over a month away, the USA Luge coaching roster was announced on Oct. 25. The staff roster features a mix of returning and new staff members. Lubomir Mick, an Olympian for Slovakia, will serve as head coach. He is joined by Kaspars Dumpis, ...

LAKE PLACID — Bobsled athlete Aja Evans, who won a bronze medal at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games, filed a lawsuit alleging that she was repeatedly sexually assaulted by a doctor on Team USA’s staff over a period of nine years. According to the lawsuit, several of the most notable occasions ...