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World University Games

One for the record books

LAKE PLACID — Track records are made to be broken in speedskating, and they were at the James C. Sheffield Speed Skating Oval on Monday, Jan. 16, not once, but twice in the 5,000-meter race. Eric Heiden still looms large in speed skating, and 43 years ago in Lake Placid, he earned an ...

FISU Games results: Wednesday, Jan. 18

LAKE PLACID — Below are the competition results from the Lake Placid 2023 FISU Winter World University Games on Wednesday, Jan. 18. For medal events, we’ve included results for gold, silver and bronze, plus any American athlete. - ALPINE SKIING (MEN’S GIANT SLALOM) - 1. Czech ...

US wins first gold medal of Games

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 Tuesday’s men’s Nordic combined team sprint competition in Lake Placid. Malacinski, 19, of Colorado Mountain College, waited until ...

US men record first-ever FISU biathlon medal

LAKE PLACID – Since the inception of the World University Games, the United States has never won a medal in men’s biathlon. That was until Bjorn Westervelt, of Stowe, Vermont, competed in his first competition of the Games on Wednesday at Mount Van Hoevenberg. Racing in wet conditions with ...

FISU Games results: Tuesday, Jan. 17

LAKE PLACID — Below are the competition results from the Lake Placid 2023 FISU Winter World University Games on Tuesday, Jan. 17. For medal events, we’ve included results for gold, silver and bronze, plus any American athlete. - ALPINE SKIING (WOMEN’S GIANT SLALOM) - 1. Germany ...

FISU Games results: Monday, Jan. 16

LAKE PLACID — Below are the competition results from the Lake Placid 2023 FISU Winter World University Games on Monday, Jan. 16. For medal events, we’ve included results for gold, silver and bronze, plus any American athlete. - ALPINE SKIING (COMBINED SLALOM) - MEN 1. Spain ...