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The 2026 Winter Olympics will not take place in Lake Placid after all. Sledding events for next year’s Winter Games will now officially take place in Cortina, Italy. Lake Placid was previously ...
This year, the Olympic Regional Development Authority is celebrating the 45th anniversary of the historic 1980 Olympic Games, remembered by many for the Miracle on Ice. Trump ‘not looking out ...
Van Hoevenberg could host luge, bobsled and skeleton events if a 100-year-old track in Italy is not completed in time. Lake Placid has been selected as the Plan B site for sliding events at the ...
A Lake Placid bobsled track expert scouting the Cortina ... ORDA won the rights to become the alternative site of the sliding events for the Games if Italy failed to prove it could build the ...
Lake 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 ...
The next Winter Olympics and Paralympics will be held in northern Italy in 2026. But, in a weird twist prompted by venue and facility issues, it turns out part of the competition could possibly ...
Lake Placid, home of the 1980 and 1932 Winter Olympics, is also Plan B for sliding events during next year’s Milan-Cortina Games. A century-old sliding center in Italy is being completely ...
Lake Placid has submitted a bid to host the sliding portion of the games if Italy fails to improve its track by March of next year. If selected, Lake Placid would have three sports and 450 ...
The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports Lake Placid has officially been named the “Plan B” site for the 2026 Winter Olympics’ sliding events, including luge, bobsled and skeleton racing.