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Local Olympians

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bobsled, skeleton resumes World Cup sliding

ST. MORITZ, SWITZERLAND — Team USA resumed the World Cup circuit in this past weekend with three days of racing in the Swiss Alps. On Friday, the action started on a high note with Katie Uhlaender of Breckenridge, Colorado, securing a third-place finish in women’s skeleton with her ...