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World University Games

Some hotels booked for FISU Games, some not so booked

LAKE PLACID — Many Lake Placid hotels are fully booked and bustling with FISU officials, athletes and workforce this week as the world arrives for the 2023 FISU Winter World University Games, which officially began on Thursday, Jan. 12. At many hotels on the outskirts of Lake Placid and ...

FISU Games results: Wed., Jan. 11

LAKE PLACID — Below are the competition results from the Lake Placid 2023 FISU Winter World University Games on Wednesday, Jan. 11. - ICE HOCKEY (MEN) Slovakia: 4 - Hungary: 0 Japan: 8 - Latvia: 3 USA: 18 - Great Britain: 0 - ICE HOCKEY (WOMEN) - Czech Republic: 13 - Great ...

WELCOME, WORLD

LAKE PLACID — The 2023 FISU Winter World University Games — set for Jan. 12-22 — are well underway. This is the world’s largest multi-sport winter collegiate competition, and the biggest international sporting event in this village since the XIII Olympic Winter Games in 1980. This ...

The pride of Lake Placid

LAKE PLACID — While several athletes competing in the Lake Placid 2023 FISU Winter World University Games will have ties to the area, Van Ledger will be the lone athlete in the Games who grew up in Lake Placid. Ledger, 20, who now attends Montana State, will compete for the United States ...

Keene residents, students celebrate torch relay

KEENE VALLEY — The Lake Placid 2023 FISU Winter World University Games torch arrived early in the town of Keene on a bright sunny but cold Wednesday, Jan. 11. Led by a Keene Valley fire truck, the it was carried into the hamlet by a series of Keene Central School students of varying ages ...

Guide: Parking, traveling in Lake Placid during the Games

LAKE PLACID — More details about how to travel around Lake Placid during the 2023 FISU Winter World University Games were announced recently. The FISU Games officially begin in Lake Placid on Thursday, Jan. 12, though competition actually starts one day prior in Canton and Potsdam. ...