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World University Games

FISU Games results: Thursday, Jan. 19

LAKE PLACID — Below are the competition results from the Lake Placid 2023 FISU Winter World University Games on Thursday, Jan. 19. For medal events, we’ve included results for gold, silver and bronze, plus any American athlete. - ALPINE SKIING (MIXED TEAM PARALLEL) - 1. Sweden ...

ON THE SCENE: FISU conference focuses on saving winter

While we have been having weather challenges in the Adirondacks, winter resorts in the French, German, Italian and Swiss Alps and beyond are in worse shape. They have no snow. Thus, the FISU World Conference — “Save Winter” — held from Jan. 13 to 15 at the Lake Placid Center for the ...

Young skaters catch rinkside glimpse of 2023 FISU games

LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Skating Club may not have access to local ice during the 2023 FISU Winter World University Games, but they’re not staying away from the rink. LPSC board members and skaters volunteered at the 1980 Herb Brooks Arena for the games’ figure skating ...

US wins gold in Nordic combined team sprint

LAKE PLACID — There’s a saying that good things happen to those who wait. For U.S. men’s Nordic combined athlete Niklas Malacinski, he did just that in the men’s Nordic combined team sprint competition on Tuesday, Jan. 17. Malacinski, 19, of Colorado Mountain College, waited ...

U.K. reporters cover political, environmental aspects of games

LAKE PLACID — Media outlets from across the globe have gathered in the village of Lake Placid over the last week to cover the 2023 FISU Winter World University Games, and reporters from U.K.-based online media outlet insidethegames.biz said they’re ready to delve into the political and ...