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Winter Olympic Sports

Jumpers make history in Lake Placid

LAKE PLACID — The Junior World Championships in Lake Placid saw an unforgettable week for the U.S. juniors, with athletes delivering standout performances on the HS100 hill. With multiple events packed into the competition schedule, the team put on an impressive display, earning historic ...

Women’s doubles luge team places fourth

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea —The World Cup circuit returned to the site of the 2018 Olympic track for the first time in seven years, with the U.S sending a reduced team to Asia for the final two weekends of the season. Chevonne Forgan and Sophia Kirkby led Team USA, placing fourth in ...

Marcus Mueller and Ansel Haugsjaa win Junior World Cup luge event

OBERHOF, Germany — Marcus Mueller and Ansel Haugsjaa returned to the Junior World Cup circuit after racing with the National Team for most of the season. The 2024 Junior World Champions marked the occasion with a victory. The second medal of the weekend came when Talia Tonn, Aidan Muller, ...

The Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics are 1 year away

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — In Sochi, workers were still hammering away in the media village and shower water ran yellow when journalists from around the world arrived for the 2014 Winter Games. The chaotic preparations for the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro were labeled the ...

Forgan and Kirkby earn luge World Cup medal again

OBERHOF, Germany— For the second time in three races, the United States women’s doubles team of Chevonne Forgan and Sophia Kirkby stood on the podium at a World Cup luge event, taking the bronze medal on Saturday. The duo then helped the U.S. place fifth in the team relay competition ...

Sweeney places fourth in World Cup

IGLS, Austria — Team USA Luge’s Emily Sweeney of Lake Placid narrowly missed a podium spot, placing fourth overall in the women’s singles event during the second FIL World Cup race of the season Saturday. Meanwhile Chevonne Forgan and Sophia Kirkby placed fifth in women’s doubles, ...