LAKE PLACID — This village will host the Luge World Championships in 2029, following an announcement made on Thursday during the 73rd Congress of the International Luge Federation in Tampere, Finland. “It’s official,” state Olympic Regional Development Authority Communications ...

LAKE PLACID — All 14 members of the U.S. Biathlon National Team were in town this week, taking part in their second training camp this summer. While there’s no snow on the ground, these camps are pretty important for the athletes, especially with the Olympics on the ...

LAKE PLACID — This village’s chance of hosting a third Olympics seems out of the question ... at least for now. The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee received notification in mid-April that the Lake Placid-New York State’s Plan B bid to host the sliding events at the ...

LAKE PLACID — Steve Brescia of Medford Lakes, New Jersey, was in Utica for the IIHF Women’s World Championship in April 2024, when he ran into some fellow Miracle on Ice Fantasy Camp attendees. Brescia hadn’t attended the camp in a few years, so some of those campers told him that ...

LAKE PLACID — Sophia Kirkby walked into Origin Coffee Co. on Tuesday, with her own mug. She made it herself and was glad to show it off. It was a complete contrast from nearly a year ago, when the Ray Brook native, who competes on the women’s national luge team, found out her father, ...

LAKE PLACID — As this village awaits word on whether it’ll be picked as the Olympic sliding site for the 2026 Games, Ray Brook native Sophia Kirkby spent time in Italy checking out the nearly completed rebuild of the historic Eugenio Monti track in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. Kirkby, ...