Winter sports at Lake Placid, NY

Skaters on the Olympic speedskating oval in Lake Placid, N.Y. The facility, where Eric Heiden won five gold medals in speedskating in the 1980 Winter Olympic Games, is open to the public for iceskating and speedskating.
Skaters on the Olympic speedskating oval in Lake Placid, N.Y. The facility, where Eric Heiden won five gold medals in speedskating in the 1980 Winter Olympic Games, is open to the public for iceskating and speedskating.
(Nancie Battaglia/The New York Times)