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Winter Olympic Sports

USA Bobsled World Cup team announced

LAKE PLACID — USA Bobsled/Skeleton Monday announced the members of the team representing the United States for the 2023/2024 IBSF World Cup competition season. The athletes named are as follows: Lauren Brzozowski, Kaysha Love and Elana Meyers-Taylor for female pilots; Azaria Hill, Jasmine ...

USA Skeleton announces teams for World Cup Europe Cup

LAKE PLACID — United States Bobsled and Skeleton announced on Tuesday 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 ...

USA Luge to host international start competition

LAKE PLACID — World-class luge athletes from around the globe will kick off the EBERSPAECHER Luge World Cup season in Lake Placid with an international start competition at the USA Luge indoor start training facility. The event is organized by the International Luge Federation and USA ...

NAC bobsled and skeleton cup to take place next week

LAKE PLACID — The North American Cup for the bobsled and skeleton will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 15 through Sunday, Nov. 19 at the Mount Van Hoevenberg Sliding Center. The NAC circuit brings together international competitors for men’s and women’s bobsled and skeleton races that ...

Sliding back in time

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

USA Luge announces coaching staff

LAKE PLACID — With the 2023-24 luge season just over a month away, the USA Luge coaching roster was announced on Wednesday. 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, ...