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Winter Olympic Sports

USA Luge nominates 7 to YOG

LAKE PLACID — After a series of national and international qualification races, USA Luge has nominated seven athletes to the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee for inclusion in next month’s 2020 Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne. Final team approval will come from the USOPC. The ...

Skiers find creative ways to relax

BEAVER CREEK, Colo. — To unwind, Italian downhill racer Dominik Paris sometimes screams into a microphone. Not so much screams as hauntingly growls out lyrics he wrote himself. Being the lead singer of a heavy metal band called Rise of Voltage is just a way for Paris to give his ...

Sledders prep for round 2 in LP

LAKE PLACID — It’s round two of sliding in Lake Placid this weekend as the second set of World Cup bobsled and skeleton races take place at the Olympic Sports Complex. The International Bobsled and Skeleton Federation’s season-opener was originally slated to take place two weeks ...

Toukan, McDonald slide into NAC bronze medals

PARK CITY, Utah — Michelle Toukan and Lauren McDonald each earned a bronze medal for USA Skeleton in the Park City North American Cup on Monday. With only Park City and Lake Placid hosting North American Cup races this season, a series of three skeleton competitions were held on the 2002 ...

Segger grabs doubles gold

KOENIGSSEE, Germany — USA Luge juniors Dana Kellogg and Duncan Segger outraced the field Saturday on the classic German track in Koenigssee to win their first Junior World Cup doubles race. Among their challengers were teammates Sean Hollander and Michael O’Gara who finished fourth. ...