Lake Placid, Francesco Friedrich and Bobsled

Francesco Friedrich of Germany wins 16th world bobsled championship, taking 4-man in Lake Placid
Francesco Friedrich won every championship he could in bobsledding this season. The German great is now a world champion for the 16th time, capping off his seventh four-man world title on Saturday at Mount Van Hoevenberg on the final day of the international bobsled season.
Strength and skill on display at Bobsled & Skeleton World Champs in Lake Placid
Lake Placid is hosting the World Championships for bobsled and skeleton. Races started last weekend and continue on Friday and Saturday.
Francesco Friedrich adds to bobsled legend with another World Championships sweep
German Francesco Friedrich won a record-extending 16th men's bobsled world title, while Laura Nolte led a German medals sweep of the two-woman event to end the World Championships in Lake Placid, New York.
Friedrich leads 4-man world bobsled title race as weather takes its toll on Lake Placid track
Germany’s Francesco Friedrich is well on his way to another world bobsled title. And that was about the only predictable development in the four-man world championship race that started Friday at Mount Van Hoevenberg.
Friedrich wins 16th bobsleigh world title, taking 4-man in Lake Placid
Germany's Francesco Friedrich is now a world champion for the 16th time, capping off his seventh four-man world title Saturday at Mount Van Hoevenberg in Lake Placid, N.Y., on the final day of the international bobsleigh season.
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Men’s Hockey Sweeps Colgate, Advances to Lake Placid
Men’s hockey defeated Colgate, 3-0, in game two of the ECAC quarterfinals, sweeping the Raiders and advancing to ECAC ...
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Lake Placid village elections take place next week
There will be a general election Tuesday for four village of Lake Placid roles, with all candidates running unopposed for an ...
For some athletes, Olympic sliding in Lake Placid or Italy would both have comforts of home
If Lake Placid is the site, it would be an obvious edge for American sliders since they know their home track better than ...
Lake Placid lays out plan for athletes village as officials await word on Olympic sliding track
As Lake Placid awaits word on the Milano Cortina sliding track, officials have started planning in case the small village is ...
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In Lake Placid, a pair of athletes are sliding for Ukraine. They hope better days are ahead
The final race of the headfirst-sliding sport known as skeleton awaits Ukrainian athletes Vladyslav Heraskevych and Yaroslav ...
Kaysha Love wins women’s monobob world championship at Lake Placid
Kaysha Love has won the women’s monobob world title race at Mount Van Hoevenberg. It was the second gold for USA Bobsled and ...
Lake Placid podría recibir eventos en los Juegos de Invierno y el Rockefeller Center sería clave
Imaginen: un atleta en un deporte de deslizamiento gana una medalla olímpica en Lake Placid el próximo invierno, y luego los ...
Union men's hockey aiming for trip to Lake Placid for ECAC final four
Throughout the season, the Union College hockey team has been up front on its collective desire to reach Lake Placid for the ...
How New York City could play a factor if Lake Placid becomes Olympic sliding site
The element of incorporating New York City into the Olympics is just one of the unique details inside Lake Placid’s plan to ...