Women in Sport Summit Being Presented April 5 in Conjunction with the April 3-14 2024 IIHF Women‘s World Championship in Utica, N.Y.

The 44th Empire State Winter Games (ESWG) is set to bring in more than 2,500 winter sports athletes to Lake Placid, N.Y., and the surrounding Adirondack Region, February 1-4, 2024. New this year is the sprint winter triathlon. The first of its kind in upstate New York, the ESWG’s sprint winter triathlon will feature a five-kilometer (5k) run, followed by a 10k winter bike and a 10k cross-country ski, all on the scenic trails of the Tupper Lake Golf Course.

ADKSC team members traveled to Geneva, Switzerland to attend the 38th FISU General Assembly and present the final report of the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games to an audience of 164 Member Associations, the FISU Executive Committee, FISU staff, and observers.

The city of Utica and Oneida County are preparing to welcome the world’s best women’s hockey players during the April 3-14 2024 IIHF Women’s World Championship. This is a major event, requiring community support and volunteers are needed.

With the top women’s hockey players from 10 nations across the world coming to Utica, organizers have big plans for not only a great championship on the ice, culminating with the gold-medal game on April 14, but also a grand celebration off the ice throughout the 12-day event.

The Adirondack Sports Council (ADKSC) has expanded its events organizing portfolio to include the April 3-14, 2024 IIHF Women’s World Championship, being held in Utica, N.Y. The not-for-profit (501c3), based in Lake Placid, N.Y., announced today that Oneida County has named it the 10-day tournament’s Local Organizing Committee (LOC). As the LOC, the ADKSC will team with the county and USA Hockey to market, promote, and organize the global tournament and festival.

The Adirondack Sports Council (ADKSC) announced today that Tracy Smith will become its new Executive Director.

As a partner to the Sept. 30-Oct. 1 Adirondack Marathon Distance Festival, the Adirondack Sports Council will provide an updated website, marketing, promotion and assist with on-site activities during this year’s event and will move into full management of the race beginning in 2024.

Overall World Cup winners Mikaela Shiffrin, Federica Brignone and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde are among nearly 200 athletes from multiple disciplines who have signed a letter addressed to the International Ski and Snowboard Federation demanding action over climate change.

The 43rd Empire State Winter Games is expected to welcome 2,000 athletes to the Opening Ceremony at 6 p.m. Thursday for the Feb. 2-5 event that will feature 23 sports competitions on snow and ice.

We are excited to announce the new Empire State Winter Games website! The updated website provides a fresh design, more intuitive navigation and better experience (mobile and desktop) for our site visitors and event athletes.

The Games, the largest sporting event in Lake Placid since the 1980 Winter Olympics, are set for January 2023, less than two years away. More than 1,800 athletes, ages 17-25, from 50 countries will be in the North Country for the competition in 12 winter sports…

The virtual meeting was streamed on the Adirondack Sport Council’s YouTube channel and area residents were able to participate, view, listen in and even ask questions. The meeting, that included many video presentations, highlighted the global scale of the Games and their potential economic impact on the region…