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Winter Olympic Sports

’80s Family Fun Night at Olympic ski jumps Friday

LAKE PLACID — Continuing on with the 40th anniversary of the 1980 Olympic Winter Games, the Olympic Jumping Complex will be hosting an 80s Family Fun Night Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. This event is open to all ages and will have a variety of things to do and see. The event will begin with a ...

USABS assembles worlds team

ALTENBERG, Germany — USA Bobsled/Skeleton is proud to announce the 12 athletes selected to compete for the United States in the 2020 World Championships, which will take place in Altenberg, Germany beginning Feb. 21 through March 1. Races will be held in a four-heat format. The athlete ...

Nordgren records career day

ANTHOLZ-ANTERSELVA, Italy — Leif Nordgren shot his way to a career-best finish in the men’s 20-kilometer individual on Wednesday at the IBU World Championships in Antholz. The two-time Olympian from Hinesburg, Vermont, was the only competitor in the 104-man field to shoot a perfect ...

Short track speeds through Lake Placid

LAKE PLACID — The Olympic Center hosted its most competitive short-track speedskating event in 20 years over the weekend, and when the racing wrapped up Sunday on the 1932 Rink, everything had fallen into place to make the gathering a major success. Fifty-four skaters from the United ...

Curling lessons raise money for cancer foundation

LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Curling Club raised $1,260 for the Scott Hamilton CARES Foundation during the 40th anniversary of the 1980 Winter Olympics. On Saturday, Feb. 15, the club sponsored a curling exhibition on Mirror Lake in Lake Placid as part of the 40th anniversary of the 1980 ...