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Lake Placid chosen as Plan B site for 2026 Winter Olympics events
Olympic medal events are on the cusp of returning to Lake Placid. The Olympic Sports Complex at Mount Van Hoevenberg has been named as the official Plan B site for sliding events — luge, bobsled and skeleton — if renovations to the 100-year-old sliding track at Cortina d'Ampezzo are not completed on schedule ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy.
Believe in miracles? Lake Placid could host 2026 Winter Olympics events
The picturesque village in the Adirondack Mountains, which last hosted the Games in the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" Olympics, has been identified as Plan B for the sliding events scheduled for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy.
Lake Placid Named Backup Venue for 2026 Winter Olympics
Mount Van Hoevenberg in Lake Placid is set to serve as a backup sliding venue for the 2026 Winter Olympics if Italy’s track for the Milano-Cortina Games isn’t ready by March. Plans include flying athletes into Plattsburgh,
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Lake Placid advances as backup site for 2026 Olympic Winter sliding events
Lake Placid would host sliding events for the 2026 Olympics should Italy fail to build its bobsled track in time, according to Olympic Regional Development Authority officials.
Lake Placid's Mount Van Hoevenberg named "Plan B" for 2026 Winter Olympic Sliding Events
The North Country could host Olympic bobsled, skeleton and luge if Italian sliding track is not approved by March 2025
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Lake Placid is the intended Plan B host site for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games sliding sports if the century-old Italian sliding track in Cortina d’Ampezzo is not completed by March 2025, according to state Olympic Regional Development Authority Communications Director Darcy Rowe Norfolk.
Lake Placid officially named ‘Plan B’ site for 2026 Winter Olympics
The Olympics may be returning to Upstate New York.
Lake Placid Working With Italian Officials as a Backup Sliding Site for 2026 Winter Games
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 said We
Lake Placid sliding site will be backup for '26 Winter Games
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.
Lake Placid Named Backup for 2026 Olympic Sliding Events
Lake Placid has been designated as the contingency location for the 2026 Olympic bobsled, luge, and skeleton events if Italy does not complete renovations on its historic track for the Milan-Cortina Games,
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Lake Placid is backup Olympic site if Italian sliding track isn't ready for 2026
Lake Placid has been selected as the backup site for sliding sports if the tracks in Italy aren't ready in time for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. A spokesperson for the Olympic ...