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Lake Placid lost out on hosting the 2027 World Luge Championships to Innsbruck, Austria. Photo by The Associated Press

Innsbruck to Host 2027 Luge World Championships

Innsbruck, Austria, will host the 2027 luge world championships after the Olympic track Innsbruck-Igls received 21 votes to 12 for Lake Placid, New York. 2027 will be the eighth time that Austria hosts the world championships overall and continues a 10-year tradition for the Innsbruck track, which has hosted five prior times in 1977, 1987, […]

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Soldier Hollow Groundbreaking

Soldier Hollow Celebrates Groundbreaking of Renovated Competition Building

Soldier Hollow, the host for biathlon, cross-country skiing and Nordic Combined at the 2002 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and planned to be one of the sites used in a future Games, broke ground Friday morning on a renovated and expanded competition building that could transform Nordic skiing resources in Utah. The $13.5 million project […]

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2024 US Curling National Championships Headed to New Jersey

The 2024 US Men’s and Women’s Curling National Championships will take place January 29 through February 4 at The Rink at American Dream in East Rutherford, New Jersey. It’s the first time the Garden State will host a major curling championship, as competitors battle for the opportunity to qualify for the 2025 Team USA Olympic […]

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U.S. Para Alpine Ski and Snowboard Teams Join U.S. Ski & Snowboard

U.S. Ski & Snowboard, the National Governing Body for skiing and snowboarding in the United States, has announced the addition of the U.S. Para Alpine Ski Team and U.S. Para Snowboard Team onto its roster, marking a step forward in promoting inclusivity and equal opportunities within winter sports. The teams will be led by newly […]

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2024 USA Curling National Championship and Mixed Doubles National Championship

Status The bid deadline is January 1, 2024 Inside Track The United States Curling Association, commonly known as USA Curling, is the National Governing Body of the Olympic sport of curling and Paralympic sport of wheelchair curling in the United States. The mission of USA Curling is to grow, strengthen and advocate for the sport […]

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Jack Gierhart Named US Biathlon CEO

Jack Gierhart has been named as chief executive officer of the United States Biathlon Association. Gierhart, who has been serving as the interim chief executive officer since September 2022, succeeds longtime chief executive officer Max Cobb, who is now the secretary general of the International Biathlon Union. “Jack’s hiring represents a new era for US […]

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World Cup Luge
Fans take a photograph while watching Ekaterina Baturina of Russia compete in the luge sprint World Cup event on in December 2018, in Lake Placid, New York (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

Lake Placid to Host Luge World Cup 2023-2024 Season Opener

Lake Placid, New York, will host the opening race weekend for the 2023-2024 International Luge Federation World Cup schedule, which was released over the weekend. In the three months from the beginning of December 2023 to the beginning of March 2024, nine world cups are schedule. Lake Placid will host from December 7-9, 2023, before […]

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Photo by Bob Weder

USA Curling Awarded Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Grant

USA Curling has been awarded $25,000 as part of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation National Paralysis Resource Center 2022 2nd Cycle Direct Effect Quality of Life grants. USA Curling will use the grant to cover a portion of annual travel expenses for the USA Curling National Wheelchair team. There are currently eight members on […]

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Milan Cortina 2026 Speedskating Oval
Netherlands' team compete during the Winter Olympics women's speedskating team pursuit at the Oval Lingotto in Turin, Italy on February 15, 2006. Speedskating for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics appears destined to be held at the Turin oval after the IOC rejected plans to build an expensive roof over the outdoor track at Baselga di Piné. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

2026 Winter Olympic Organizers Need New Speedskating Venue

One of the most high-profile events in the Olympic Winter Games may be moved for 2026 after the International Olympic Committee rejected plans from the Milan-Cortina organizers to build a roof over the outdoor track at Baselga di Piné. Costs for the roof were initially slated at $54 million, according to a project announced in […]

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