Lake Placid, New York

Lake Placid is a village of 2,638 in Essex County, New York, near the center the Town of North Elba and named after an adjacent lake.

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Village - Essex County, New York - Town of North Elba

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While the village is a year-round resort, it's likely most known as the site of the 1980 Winter Olympics, and particularly the USA-USSR hockey game, the "Miracle On Ice," when a group of American college kids upset the ultra-powerful Soviet national team 4-3 and two days later won the Gold Medal. The victory is usually ranked as one of the greatest in American sports' history.

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1980 Winter Olympics - Gold Medal

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Lake Placid also hosted the Winter Olympics in 1932.

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