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Winter Olympic Sports

Lake Placid native makes ski jumping history

PARK CITY, Utah — Lake Placid native Tate Frantz made history at the FIS Ski Flying World Championships this past weekend in Kulm Bad Mitterndorf/Tauplitz, Austria, becoming the first American to finish in the top 20 at the event since 1994. In the first round of the Individual HS235 on ...

USA bobsled, skeleton athletes medal at World Cup

LILLEHAMMER, NORWAY — The United States bobsled and skeleton teams wrapped up another solid weekend of racing at the IBSF World Cup in Lillehammer this past weekend. The first day of competition kicked off on Friday, with Mystique Ro of Nokesville, Virginia, earning an impressive ...

Jackie Garso named to World Championships biathlon team

MIDWAY, Utah — The United States Biathlon Association announced on Saturday the official roster of athletes who will represent the United States at the 2024 IBU World Championships in Nove Mesto na Morave, Czech Republic slated for Feb. 7 to 18. The roster includes Lake Clear’s Jackie ...

2026 Olympics organizers confident they can build bobsled track

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Organizers for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics are convinced that they can build a bobsled track in record time amid a standoff with the International Olympic Committee, which wants an existing foreign venue used instead to cut costs. Italian luger Armin ...

Russian Figure skater Valieva disqualified in 2022 Olympic doping case

GENEVA — Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was disqualified from the 2022 Olympics on Monday, almost two years after the teenager’s doping case caused turmoil at the Beijing Games. The verdict from the Court of Arbitration for Sport means the Russians are set to be stripped of the ...

U.S. women’s doubles earns bronze at luge World Championships

ALTENBERG, Germany — The United States doubles team of Chevonne Forgan and Sophie Kirkby won their second career World Championship bronze medal on Saturday, tying the start and track records while doing so. Team USA also brought home a silver medal at the 52nd FIL Luge World ...