Tag: Olympics

Lake Placid Student Artists Join International Paris Competition

Photo of an artwork by Olympian Roald Bradstock featuring many rings of different colors all floating in space in differing orientations and in different sizes on an off-white background. Also a small faint image of the welcome to Lake Placid sign in the background as well as some vague depictions of the region's Olympic venues.

Students from Lake Placid Central School art classes are among the more than 300 elementary, middle, and high school artists participating in a five-country international art-in-sport contest hosted by the Al Oerter Foundation (AOF) with the support of the New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority (Olympic Authority). The art event, themed “Move History Forward,”… Read more »

The Small Nation Passions of the North American Cup

A skeleton athlete in red with a gold helmet with an intricate design is sliding around a steep turn, only the ice and the athlete visible in the photo.

On Halloween day in 2011, Kellie Delka made her first skeleton run on the track at Mt Van Hoevenberg. Like every athlete competing in the recent North American Cup Bobsled and Skeleton competition in Lake Placid, Kellie is on a big, bold journey driven by passion and purpose. Originally from North Texas, she has represented… Read more »

Athletes and Olympians in Lake Placid

Competitors in the men's race of the US Biathlon National Championships

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 »