LAKE PLACID, N.Y. --- The 2018 Olympic Winter Games are in the rear-view mirror and now the world’s best luge athletes begin focusing on the Beijing, China Winter Games, just four years away. The journey towards those Games has already begun and Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 15-16, the world’s best luge athletes are in Lake Placid N.Y. for the fourth stop on the nine-race Viessmann World Cup Luge Tour.

Ahead of both the Viessmann World Cup and the BMW Sprint Cup, athletes, officials, volunteers and fans were getting into the holiday spirit, Friday, as Santa Claus made a visit and slid down the mile-long Mt. Van Hoevenberg combined bobsled/luge/skeleton track.

 The below FTP link contains footage of Santa Claus’ run. Please follow all instructions, video courtesy of the International Luge Federation (FIL).

(NO USE OF ANY FTP SOFTWARE REQUIRED (such as WinSCP, FileZilla or similar) - DOWNLOAD FROM FTP STRAIGHT!)

URL: http://ftp.fil-luge.org:9090

User: TV_User

Pass: rhBGq6

Folder:

2018-2019/WorldCup#4-LakePlacid-USA

The footage is limited to networks and stations for news broadcasts (up to 3 minutes per discipline). No commercial use, No Internet use.

-- ORDA --

Established in 1982, the New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) was created by the State of New York to manage the facilities used during the 1980 Olympic Winter Games at Lake Placid. ORDA operates Whiteface, Belleayre and Gore Mountain ski areas; the Olympic Sports Complex at Mt. Van Hoevenberg; the Olympic speed skating oval, Olympic jumping complex and Olympic arena. As host to international and national championships, the Authority has brought millions of athletes, spectator and participants to the region, resulting in significant economic development.