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Winter Olympic Sports

At world champs, some moms may podium

LAKE PLACID — The latest addition to the list of amenities available to athletes at the bobsled and skeleton world championships is a room inside a lodge just down the hill from the finish line. There are some stuffed animals, tons of toys, Mickey Mouse coloring books and big boxes of ...

World Championships return to Lake Placid

LAKE PLACID — The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation World Championship have officially kicked off and will begin racing today. Athletes from a total of 38 nations — the highest number of nations represented in IBSF World Championship history — will compete this weekend, ...

Ukraine athletes are sliding this weekend

LAKE PLACID — The final race of the headfirst-sliding sport known as skeleton awaits Ukrainian athletes Vladyslav Heraskevych and Yaroslav Lavreniuk. After that, they’re going home. They don’t know what awaits when they get there. Heraskevych and Lavreniuk are the only athletes from ...

Jumpers make history in Lake Placid

LAKE PLACID — The Junior World Championships in Lake Placid saw an unforgettable week for the U.S. juniors, with athletes delivering standout performances on the HS100 hill. With multiple events packed into the competition schedule, the team put on an impressive display, earning historic ...

Women’s doubles luge team places fourth

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea —The World Cup circuit returned to the site of the 2018 Olympic track for the first time in seven years, with the U.S sending a reduced team to Asia for the final two weekends of the season. Chevonne Forgan and Sophia Kirkby led Team USA, placing fourth in ...

Marcus Mueller and Ansel Haugsjaa win Junior World Cup luge event

OBERHOF, Germany — Marcus Mueller and Ansel Haugsjaa returned to the Junior World Cup circuit after racing with the National Team for most of the season. The 2024 Junior World Champions marked the occasion with a victory. The second medal of the weekend came when Talia Tonn, Aidan Muller, ...