WILMINGTON — On Thursday USA Nordic Sport nominated Lake Placid natives Kai McKinnon and Tate Frantz as two of 31 American athletes named to its 2023-24 National and Junior National Nordic combined and ski jumping teams. McKinnon, 15, a New York Ski Educational Foundation Winter Term ...
A man charged with providing banned substances to Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare and another athlete pleaded guilty Monday, marking the first conviction under a landmark U.S. law designed to target wide-ranging doping schemes across the globe. Eric Lira pleaded guilty for his role in ...
LAKE PLACID — USA Luge announced the members of the 2023 National Team on Tuesday. The group features eight Olympic athletes, Summer Britcher, Emily Sweeney, Ashley Farquharson, Chris Mazdzer, Jonny Gustafson, Tucker West, Zack DiGregorio and Sean Hollander. The team will seek to build ...
(Editor’s note: This story was first published on AdirondackExplorer.org.) - A state appeals court has sided with the Adirondack Explorer’s attempt to review safety records related to the sliding sports at Mount Van Hoevenberg. The Supreme Court Appellate Division Third Judicial ...
Even after all these years, Eric Heiden still marvels at what he accomplished during those nine days in the tiny village of Lake Placid. Five speedskating races, ranging from an all-out sprint of barely more than a lap to a grueling marathon covering more than 6 miles around the ...
Does getting a record 87th World Cup win make Mikaela Shiffrin the greatest ski racer of all time? Shiffrin doesn’t think so, despite congratulations pouring in from the likes of tennis stars Roger Federer and Iga Swiatek, actress Kate Winslet, and fellow skiing standouts Lindsey Vonn ...