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Winter Olympic Sports

Talk turns to rotating Winter Olympic hosts

MERIBEL, France — Considering the dearth of candidates to stage the Winter Olympics amid spiraling venue costs, the IOC may have to resort to lining up a list of fixed, rotating hosts. A highly theoretical list could include Salt Lake City and Vancouver in North America, Pyeongchang in ...

Poles flock to Placid for ski jumping

LAKE PLACID — If you just listened to the crowd at the men’s ski jumping World Cup this weekend, you probably would have thought that Dawid Kubacki was the hometown hero. In fact, the Polish jumper had never even been to Lake Placid before the World Cup, but every time he took ...

Sweeney takes World Cup luge bronze at Winterberg

WINTERBERG, Germany — Emily Sweeney of Lake Placid returned to the podium at the FIL (International Luge Federation) World Cup competition in Winterberg, Germany, taking home the bronze medal in the women’s singles race. Later, Sweeney competed in the women’s singles World Cup ...

USA luge competes in Altenberg World Cup

ALTENBERG, Germany — FIL Luge World Cup action returned this past weekend in Altenberg, Germany. The weekend of competitions served as a preview for the 2024 World Championship, which will be held in Altenberg. The track is expected to undergo an upgrade, focused on covering more of ...

LP native wins gold at U23 luge world championship

OBERHOF, Germany — The 51st FIL Luge World Championships, which featured its normal races, sprint races and a U23 World Championship concluded on Sunday after three days of competition at the LOTTO Thringen EisArena Oberhof, Germany. - Men’s doubles - Racing in their first ...