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Winter Olympic Sports

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, ...

The Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics are 1 year away

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — In Sochi, workers were still hammering away in the media village and shower water ran yellow when journalists from around the world arrived for the 2014 Winter Games. The chaotic preparations for the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro were labeled the ...

Forgan and Kirkby earn luge World Cup medal again

OBERHOF, Germany— For the second time in three races, the United States women’s doubles team of Chevonne Forgan and Sophia Kirkby stood on the podium at a World Cup luge event, taking the bronze medal on Saturday. The duo then helped the U.S. place fifth in the team relay competition ...

Sweeney places fourth in World Cup

IGLS, Austria — Team USA Luge’s Emily Sweeney of Lake Placid narrowly missed a podium spot, placing fourth overall in the women’s singles event during the second FIL World Cup race of the season Saturday. Meanwhile Chevonne Forgan and Sophia Kirkby placed fifth in women’s doubles, ...

Ray Brook luge slider is golden

LILLEHAMMER, Norway — The USA Luge team kicked off the FIL World Cup season with a pair of medals in the women’s doubles and singles, as well as the mixed singles and doubles events. Ray Brook native Sophia Kirkby and doubles partner Chevonne Forgan of Chelmsford, Massachusetts won ...