LAKE PLACID — Clare Egan says she was “a beginner” in biathlon at the 2018 Olympics. “I had only been doing it for four years,” the 34-year-old Lake Placid resident said in a Jan. 24 interview. “It just takes a lot longer than four years to become a world-class expert in ...

SARANAC LAKE — Emily Sweeney is focused on staying focused. The Lake Placid resident, Army soldier and Olympic luge racer is considered a contender for a medal in Beijing, and she doesn’t want anything to throw her off track. Catching COVID-19 could derail her, so she’s fastidious ...

In a long-needed step towards gender equity, the sport of luge hosted the Women’s Doubles World Championship for the first time, with the United States duo of Chevonne Forgan and Sophia Kirkby taking bronze on Sunday in Winterberg, Germany. “It was super exciting to be on the podium ...

SARANAC LAKE — Chris Mazdzer says the Olympics feel a little weird this time around. No kidding. After the former Saranac Laker won silver four years ago in South Korea — the first non-European male to win an Olympic medal in singles luge — he decided to raise the degree of difficulty. ...

U.S. Olympic bobsledder Josh Williamson has tested positive for COVID-19 and will not fly with his teammates to China on Thursday, though he remains hopeful of getting there in time for the Beijing Games. Williamson — expected to be part of the USA-1 four-man team in Beijing — tested ...

U.S. Biathlon Team and Craftsbury Green Racing Project athlete Clare Egan of Cape Elizabeth, Maine and Lake Placid recently grabbed the second-best finish of her career. Egan finished in fourth place in Friday’s 15km Women’s Individual competition in Antholz, Italy. The result comes ...