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Winter Olympic Sports

Salt Lake City celebrates bid success for 2034 Winter Olympics

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City was formally awarded the 2034 Winter Olympics following a Wednesday vote by the International Olympic Committee in Paris, giving Utah its second Games after hosting in 2002. About a thousand sports fans gathered downtown at 3 a.m. local time — 11 a.m. ...

U.S. Nordic combined funding cut felt in the region

LAKE PLACID — Funding for the U.S. Nordic combined program suddenly melted away last week as the national team’s organization says it risked going bankrupt on the sport due to low sponsorships and attention. This move stunned local athletes rising in the field and likely ended the future of ...

Luge officials extend Russian suspension

LAKE PLACID — The banning of Russian sliders, coaches and others from International Luge Federation events as a to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will continue indefinitely, the sport’s governing body said Friday, June 14. Representatives from 27 national federations, gathered in ...

USA Luge appoints Scott Riewald as its CEO

LAKE PLACID — Scott Riewald has been named the new chief executive officer for USA Luge, replacing Jim Leahy. Leahy, who took over the position in 2013, announced his decision to retire earlier this year. Riewald, who previously lived in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and most recently ...

Lake Placid poised to host XC World Cup finale in 2026

LAKE PLACID — If all goes according to plan, Mount Van Hoevenberg will be hosting the 2026 FIS Cross-Country Ski World Cup finale in March 2026, about a month after the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Italy. The International Ski and Snowboard Federation hosted its 55th ...

The ‘underdog’s underdog’

LAKE PLACID — A third jersey from the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” U.S. Olympic hockey team will now be raised to the roof of the Olympic Center’s Herb Brooks Arena as Mark Wells has died at the age of 66. The cause of death was not immediately known. Wells’s death was confirmed ...