Heraskevych and Lavreniuk are the only athletes from Ukraine competing at the world bobsled and skeleton championships that start Thursday and run through next weekend in Lake Placid, New York.

Matt Weston, of Britain, slides during his third run at the skeleton world championships, Friday, March 7, 2025, in Lake Placid, N.Y. Credit: AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson “I’ve already been ...

A sliding athlete wins an Olympic medal in Lake Placid next winter, then is chauffeured down to New York for an award ceremony at Rockefeller Center a few days later with thousands of people there to ...

Weston completed his four-run slate down the Mount Van Hoevenberg ... the second-largest in a men’s world championships since skeleton was restored to the Olympic program about a quarter-century ...

FILE - Valdyslav Heraskevych, of Ukraine, waves a flag as he finishes his second run during the World Cup skeleton competition in Lake Placid, N.Y., Thursday, March 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig ...