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Athletes, organizations discuss 2034 Games announcement

LAKE PLACID — While four-time Olympic U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn leapt from her chair following the International Olympic Committee’s announcement that Salt Lake City, Utah was named the host for the 2034 Olympic Winter Games, in Lake Placid, local luge Olympian Ashley Farquharson waited ...

Can-Am Rugby returns this weekend

SARANAC LAKE — One of the largest rugby tournaments in the United States is set to return to the Tri-Lakes this weekend for three days of action, all while celebrating its 50th anniversary and expanding to Tupper Lake. The tournament, which started in 1974, will start on Friday and ...

Salt Lake City celebrates that it will host 2034 Winter Olympics

SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake City was formally awarded the 2034 Winter Olympics and Paralympics following a vote Wednesday by the International Olympic Committee in Paris, giving Utah its second Games after hosting in 2002. About a thousand sports fans gathered in downtown Salt Lake City ...

Lake Placid Ice Dance champs return

LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships and International is set to return to the Olympic Center on Sunday and will continue through Wednesday, July 31. The competition is one of the oldest ice dance events in the world and will bring around 270 skaters — including 72 in ...