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Lake Placid working with Italian officials as a backup sliding site for 2026 Winter Games
Read full article: Lake Placid working with Italian officials as a backup sliding site for 2026 Winter GamesLake Placid would play host to bobsled, luge and skeleton events for the 2026 Olympics if a track currently being rebuilt in Italy isn’t finished in time for the Milan-Cortina Games, officials said Wednesday.
Bill introduced to award 1980 'Miracle On Ice' US hockey team with Congressional Gold Medals
Read full article: Bill introduced to award 1980 'Miracle On Ice' US hockey team with Congressional Gold MedalsA bill has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives to award Congressional Gold Medals to the 1980 “Miracle on Ice" Olympic hockey team.
Could portion of Italy’s 2026 Winter Games be held in US?
Read full article: Could portion of Italy’s 2026 Winter Games be held in US?While the focus is rightfully on the countdown to Paris, some interesting news regarding the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano-Cortina, Italy, has surfaced in the past couple of months.
Alert canceled after 17-year-old girl reported missing of Lake Placid is deemed safe
Read full article: Alert canceled after 17-year-old girl reported missing of Lake Placid is deemed safeThe Florida Department of Law Enforcement has issued an alert for a 17-year-old girl missing out of Lake Placid and considered endangered.
Homeowner’s Assistance Fund mortgage mix-up leaves single mom on verge of foreclosure
Read full article: Homeowner’s Assistance Fund mortgage mix-up leaves single mom on verge of foreclosureAn apparent mortgage account mix-up with the DEO’s Homeowner Assistance Fund nearly forced a single mother and her family out of their Lake Placid, Florida home.
Beijing experiences record-breaking warming ahead of Winter Olympics
Read full article: Beijing experiences record-breaking warming ahead of Winter OlympicsThe Winter Olympics are about to begin. This week on Forecasting Change we look at the warming in the Winter Olympic locations in the last 50 years. Over that period, the 19 different host cities have warmed 4.8 degrees Fahrenheit. That is about three times the global average!
For some bobsled hopefuls, the Olympics may be a click away
Read full article: For some bobsled hopefuls, the Olympics may be a click awayUSABS already has gotten dozens of serious candidates involved, through Zoom video conferences with coaches and established athletes and past bobsled and skeleton Olympians. “COVID or no COVID, we’ve got to be thinking about ways that we can be more efficient and really get a greater reach,” McGuire said. Dionne said it’s not outside the realm of possibility that someone who comes into the program this fall could still find themselves on the 2022 U.S. Olympic bobsled team. And this season, it's unclear how much U.S. national team athletes will be overseas because of the pandemic. “And we’re also trying to fill the pipeline for bobsled and skeleton drivers more than anything.
Bobsled worlds moved to Germany over coronavirus worries
Read full article: Bobsled worlds moved to Germany over coronavirus worriesThis season’s bobsled and skeleton world championships were awarded to Altenberg, Germany, and moved out of Lake Placid, New York, on Tuesday because of concerns about the coronavirus pandemic and potential travel complications. The International Bobsled and Skeleton Federation said it made the move “to protect the health of athletes and spectators across the globe.” Lake Placid will be awarded the 2025 world championships instead. The IBSF plans to release the updated schedule for the entire bobsled and skeleton season, including World Cup races, later Tuesday. Most of the athletes in the world championships would be coming from Europe. Altenberg played host to bobsled and skeleton worlds this past season as well; Germany won gold medals in men’s skeleton, women’s skeleton, two-man bobsled and four-man bobsled.
Missing 84-year-old man found, deputies say
Read full article: Missing 84-year-old man found, deputies sayMARION COUNTY – The Marion County Sheriff’s Office said an 84-year-old man that went missing Saturday afternoon has been found. Deputies were searching for David Walsh, who was last seen on surveillance video at a Publix in Lake Placid on Saturday before being located Sunday. Walsh, who was wearing a blue polo shirt, blue-green dress pants and white tennis shoes, suffers from dementia.