Whiteface DH Debut Draws Largest Spectator Turnout Since 1980 Winter Olympics Blevins Makes History: First U.S. Rider in 30 Years to Win UCI Cross-Country World Cup — on Home Soil in New York State The New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority (Olympic Authority) reports a successful weekend as the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World… Read more »
Unique Competition on Black Ice Blends Skating with Fine and Decorative Art Event Will Include Brushes to Blades of Steel Pop-up Museum, Free to the Public The New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority (Olympic Authority) announces that the World Figure and Fancy Skating Championships (WFFSC) will return to the Olympic Center in Lake Placid… Read more »
It’s normal to expect drama at the WHOOP UCI Mountain Bike World Series coming to Lake Placid October 3 through 5. After all, the world’s best riders on challenging courses are super exciting to see. But this year, it’s all going to be cranked up even higher. Our 2025 races will be energized to the… Read more »
The New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority (Olympic Authority) announces that the International Bobsled & Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup season will conclude March 21-23 at Mt Van Hoevenberg. The three-day competition in Lake Placid is the final stop of the 2023-2024 World Cup season that began Nov. 17 in Yanqing, China, and includes… Read more »
“Excelsior” is the one-word motto in Latin for New York State, meaning “Ever Upward.” For two and a half centuries, it has described this state’s continuous striving toward excellence and our confidence in a strong, bright, and ever better future. In a truly great fit with that motto, Lake Placid has been moving “ever upward”… Read more »
FIS, USANS, and ORDA Partnership Brings the World’s Best Men’s Ski Jumpers Back to North America Olympians to Compete at Newly Renovated Olympic Jumping Complex Including Gold Medalists Kobayashi and Lindvik Tickets for the Two Days of Competition on Sale Here The New York Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) will host the International Ski and… Read more »
Gore Mountain to Host FISU World University Games Freestyle, Freeski, Big Air, and Snowboard Slalom Events January 12-22 Recreational Skiing and Riding Open Daily What to Expect, Tickets, and Event Details Available Here Gore Mountain will be hosting the Snowboard, Freestyle, and Freeski competitions of the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games, January 12 through… Read more »
The next sliding event in the series at Mt Van Hoevenberg is the International Bobsled and Skeleton Federation’s (IBSF) North American Cup competition starting this Thursday, December 1, through Sunday, December 4, 2022. What: This international sliding competition is part of a global athlete development series that fosters rising talent and the next generation of the world’s best bobsled and skeleton athletes. The event will include bobsled and skeleton races in men’s and women’s categories, with top… Read more »
Elite Athleticism Across Disciplines at Modernized Venues The New York Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) announces a series of major competitive events coming to ORDA venues this fall, 2022, bringing hundreds of athletes to the Olympic Region in the disciplines of ice skating, Nordic, biathlon, ski jumping, bobsled, skeleton, running, and hockey. U.S. Figure Skating… Read more »
100 Athletes in 100 Years (Athletes and Olympians in Lake Placid) Lake Placid’s Olympic Legacy includes sending athletes to the Winter Games every year since they first began in 1928. Since then, more than 100 athletes from our region have participated in the Winter Olympics. Views from the FIS Continental Cup and US Biathlon National… Read more »