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USA Luge’s Ashley Farquharson wins Olympic bronze

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Ashley Farquharson crossed the finish line, looked at the giant scoreboard at the end of the track and then immediately began to cry. A happy cry, at that. A very happy cry. USA Luge has its seventh Olympic medal — one that came from a slider who never ...

ESWG recap: Locals skaters wins synchro silver

LAKE PLACID — The local High Peaks Skating Academy brought home the silver medal on Sunday during the Empire State Winter Games’ Synchronized Skating Aspire division. The team is based out of Tupper Lake and includes skaters from Tupper and Saranac Lake and features skaters Elizabeth ...

Storm Nordic sweeps mix relay podium

LAKE PLACID — The Section VII Nordic ski teams finished up their regular season Thursday at the Scotts Cobble Nordic Center. After battling cold temperatures for much of the season, the teams competed under sunny skies in the Mixed-Relay format of one boy and one girl per team for the first ...

ESWG recap: USA Luge sliders brave cold

LAKE PLACID — Thirty-three USA Luge athletes braved Saturday’s bitterly cold temperatures and competed in the Empire State Winter Games Youth A and Youth B luge races, held at Mount Van Hoevenberg in Lake Placid. “Oh, it was pretty cold, but I think that kind of, like, pumped me ...

German wins Olympic men’s singles luge gold

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — A gold medal at the Milan Cortina Olympics weighs 506 grams, or just over 1.1 pounds. It’s a fairly heavy necklace. Sorry, Max Langenhan. The additional neck pain might be worth it. Langenhan — a two-time defending World Cup overall champion from ...

Tate Frantz to fly into Games

LAKE PLACID — Tate Frantz has always dreamt about making it to the Olympics. And soon, the 20-year-old ski jumper from Lake Placid will officially make his dream a reality. But if you asked him four years ago if he’d be competing in the 2026 Olympics, his answer might not have been a ...