• Lake Placid Tabbed to Host 2019 Para Bobsleigh World Championships

    Lake Placid’s Olympic Sports Complex bobsled/luge/skeleton track was selected to host the prestigious event during the recently concluded International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation’s (IBSF) annual Congress, held in Rome, Italy. 

  • Summer Series: Getting to know Carlo Valdes

    Southern California native Carlo Valdes talks the 2018 Olympics, his sliding career and what's next for him.

  • Lake Placid to host next USABS summer combine

    Already a town steeped in Olympic history, Lake Placid will play host to the next crop of bobsled and skeleton Olympic hopefuls when it holds the fourth USA Bobsled & Skeleton combine of 2018 on July 7.

  • Summer Series: Getting to know Austin Florian

    Last season, skeleton athlete Austin Florian enjoyed a breakout season on the North American Cup tour, winning six medals en route to the circuit's overall title. The 23-year-old former ski racer is one of Team USA's most promising up-and-coming sliders. 

  • Chula Vista to serve as location for fourth USABS combine of the summer

    CHULA VISTA, Calif.(June 28, 2018)- All great Olympians have one thing on the mind: Gold. So it only makes sense that USA Bobsled & Skeleton will next head to the ‘Golden Coast’ to recruit its next group of Olympic hopefuls. The fourth USABS combine of the summer will be held in Chula Vista on June 30.

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Summer Series Q&A

Summer Series: Getting to Know Barry Schroeder

Originally from Sebring, Ohio, para bobsled athlete Barry Schroeder juggles competing, a full-time career as a paramedic and fatherhood. He has been racing on the para bobsled World Cup circuit for the past three years and was Team USA’s most consistent slider this year, finishing in the top-six in every race.


Summer Series: Getting to know Greg West

After a season that saw him win USA Skeleton National Team Trials and compete on the World Cup circuit, Greg West is preparing for another Olympic Quad as one of Team USA’s top returning men’s skeleton athletes. West, a Missouri native and former football player at Baker University, began sliding on a dare from a roommate after watching the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.


Summer Series: Getting to know Kristi Koplin

Kristi Koplin was born in American Fork, Utah, just a short distance from the city that would later host the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. After moving around as a kid and a college track and field career at Southern Utah University, Koplin would make her way back to Park City, this time as a bobsled athlete.

Summer Series: Getting to know Andrew Blaser

Originally from Meridian, Idaho, skeleton athlete Andrew Blaser was a standout track and field athlete at the University of Idaho before transitioning to skeleton post-collegiately. Blaser won his first-ever international medal in his first season competing on the North American Cup (NAC) tour in 2015-2016, but this year was by far the most successful season of his career. In eight NAC races, Blaser medaled six times and finished second in the overall men’s skeleton NAC rankings behind only teammate Austin Florian.


Athlete Features

Pushing Valor: Nathan Weber's long road to the national team

Nathan Weber’s offseason training regimen looks different than most other athletes. It happens in places like Niger, Cameroon and Afghanistan. Instead of pushing bobsleds on a track, he makes do with trucks and ATV’s marked ‘United States Army.’ Sometimes he’s in deserts so hot he can’t lift until the wee hours of the morning because the bar will burn his hand. Other times, his workouts follow four days of sleeping in bug netting in a jungle.

Jamie Greubel Poser's unique connection to South Korea

Already an Olympic bronze medalist, Jamie Greubel Poser has added motivation to make it to the 2018 Winter Olympic Games — and it has nothing to do with bobsled. 

Decked-Out Domes: Skeleton athletes talk about their unique helmet designs

Gracie Clapp-Taylor, Nathan Crumpton, Samantha Culiver, Austin Florian and Jake Miter talk about their custom helmet designs. 

Pushing Valor: Lou Moreira's extraordinary American Dream

Portuguese Team USA bobsledder, Army veteran, and former bodybuilder Lou Moreira is working to make his first Olympic team.

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