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Bill introduced to award 1980 'Miracle On Ice' US hockey team with Congressional Gold Medals
Read full article: Bill introduced to award 1980 'Miracle On Ice' US hockey team with Congressional Gold MedalsA bill has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives to award Congressional Gold Medals to the 1980 āMiracle on Ice" Olympic hockey team.
Could portion of Italyās 2026 Winter Games be held in US?
Read full article: Could portion of Italyās 2026 Winter Games be held in US?While the focus is rightfully on the countdown to Paris, some interesting news regarding the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano-Cortina, Italy, has surfaced in the past couple of months.
State Representative fights for funding assistance for area lakes amid dam failures
Read full article: State Representative fights for funding assistance for area lakes amid dam failuresTexas State District 17 Representative John P. Cyrier says heās been fighting for a funding solution for the maintenance and repairs of the six dams in the Guadalupe Valley Lakes system.
Harmful invasive species found at Medina Lake; Lake Placid now āfully infestedā with zebra mussels
Read full article: Harmful invasive species found at Medina Lake; Lake Placid now āfully infestedā with zebra musselsInvasive zebra mussels that are known to harm wildlife have been detected at Medina Lake and could spread to nearby waterways, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
For some bobsled hopefuls, the Olympics may be a click away
Read full article: For some bobsled hopefuls, the Olympics may be a click awayUSABS already has gotten dozens of serious candidates involved, through Zoom video conferences with coaches and established athletes and past bobsled and skeleton Olympians. āCOVID or no COVID, weāve got to be thinking about ways that we can be more efficient and really get a greater reach,ā McGuire said. Dionne said itās not outside the realm of possibility that someone who comes into the program this fall could still find themselves on the 2022 U.S. Olympic bobsled team. And this season, it's unclear how much U.S. national team athletes will be overseas because of the pandemic. āAnd weāre also trying to fill the pipeline for bobsled and skeleton drivers more than anything.
Bobsled worlds moved to Germany over coronavirus worries
Read full article: Bobsled worlds moved to Germany over coronavirus worriesThis seasonās bobsled and skeleton world championships were awarded to Altenberg, Germany, and moved out of Lake Placid, New York, on Tuesday because of concerns about the coronavirus pandemic and potential travel complications. The International Bobsled and Skeleton Federation said it made the move āto protect the health of athletes and spectators across the globe.ā Lake Placid will be awarded the 2025 world championships instead. The IBSF plans to release the updated schedule for the entire bobsled and skeleton season, including World Cup races, later Tuesday. Most of the athletes in the world championships would be coming from Europe. Altenberg played host to bobsled and skeleton worlds this past season as well; Germany won gold medals in menās skeleton, womenās skeleton, two-man bobsled and four-man bobsled.
Settlement reached in lawsuit related to draining of 4 GBRA lakes
Read full article: Settlement reached in lawsuit related to draining of 4 GBRA lakesGUADALUPE VALLEY LAKES, Texas ā A settlement has been reached in one of the court cases regarding Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority and the property owners along the Guadalupe Valley lakes. The GBRA owns the six dams that create the Guadalupe Valley Lakes system and the waters within the lakes. Those lakes include Lake Dunlap, Lake McQueeny, Lake Placid, Meadow Lake, Lake Gonzales and Lake Wood. In August 2019, the GBRA announced that Lake Gonzales, Meadow Lake, Lake Placid and Lake McQueeney would be drained due to concerns over aging dams. Watch exact moment of partial dam failure at Lake DunlapLake Gonzales was expected to be dewatered first, followed by Meadow Lake, Lake Placid and Lake McQueeney.