The International Olympic Committee designated Lake Placid as the backup sliding site if the Cortina track was not certified in time. Initial sliding tests indicate the track in Italy will be ready.

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As the countdown to the Winter Olympics continues, the sliding track under construction in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, recently ...

As this village awaits word on whether it’ll be picked as the Olympic sliding site for the 2026 Games, Ray Brook native ...

It’s looking like Italy’s controversial new bobsled, luge and skeleton track will be ready for the 2026 Winter Games, so a backup plan to hold Olympic competitions in Lake Placid, New York ...

This year students from Lake Placid’s high school have gotten involved. They’ve spent the winter watching and measuring the ice on Mirror Lake. Photo: Sam Baker Starting in mid-January ...

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Even preliminary approval would go a long way toward avoiding a backup Plan B option that the IOC had demanded and which would require moving the three sliding sports all the way to Lake Placid ...

A Lake Placid bobsled track expert scouting the Cortina sliding run under construction for the 2026 Winter Olympics says the Italians may have pulled off a miracle with ice. “The track is going ...