(October 12, 2017) ---  Media requesting credentials for the Nov. 28-Dec. 2, 2017 Para-bobsleigh World Cup event in Lake Placid, N.Y. can download the credential request form by visiting http://www.whiteface.com/media.

With its high-speed descent down a frozen twisting ice chute the sport of bobsleigh tests an athlete’s strength, finesse and courage. The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) now offers this same challenge to elite athletes with an impairment through its Para-bobsleigh sport disciplines and World Cup races. Para-bobsleigh will make its Paralympic Olympic debut in 2022, in Beijing, China.

WHAT: Para-bobsleigh World Cup racing

WHEN: November 28-December 2, 2017. Training on the Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex combined track begins Tuesday, Nov. 28, at 6 p.m. and continues Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 29 and 30, at 9 a.m. Racing, Dec. 1 and 2, begins at 9 a.m. each day.

WHERE: Lake Placid, N.Y., Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex combined track, Route 73, 220 Bobsled Lane, Lake Placid, N.Y., 12946

Please complete the form and return to Jon Lundin, ORDA communications, jlundin@orda.org. Credentials are due no later than November 20, 2017 for consideration.

-- 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.