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Winter Olympic Sports

Local biathletes Garso, Hochschartner start competing today in Germany

NEW GLOUCESTER, Maine — A mix of IBU Cup veterans will team with up-and-coming athletes to form the 12-person roster for U.S. Biathlon at the first two IBU Cups of the season that started Thursday in Arber, Germany. After being delayed due to COVID and with no December racing, around 190 ...

Shiffrin wins to end 1-yr slalom drought

FLACHAU, Austria (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin won a night slalom Tuesday to end a year-long victory drought in her strongest discipline and earn her 100th World Cup podium. Shiffrin, who last triumphed in a slalom in December 2019, held on to her opening-run lead and beat Katharina Liensberger ...

USA Luge 6th in team, Sweeney 10th in singles

KOENIGSSEE, Germany — USA Luge wrapped up its return to the Eberspacher World Cup tour Sunday with a sixth-place effort in the Koenigssee team relay. The United States luge team, based in Lake Placid, skipped the first four World Cup races this season as a result of concerns over the ...

US sliders finally starting World Cup seasons

Some U.S. luge, bobsled and skeleton athletes have rejoined the international World Cup sliding circuits, after they all stayed home for the first half of the season because of issues related to the coronavirus pandemic. There are some exceptions: most athletes and coaches who are members ...

US Bobsled announces men’s team

LAKE PLACID — USA Bobsled is proud to announce the 11 athletes that have been named to the men’s national team. Athletes competed in a series of four selection races — two two-man races and two four-man races — to qualify for the team. Codie Bascue, of Whitehall, won three of four ...