Each skeleton track has a theoretically “perfect” route, with optimal angles of entry and exit for each turn, which the athletes aim for but never quite achieve. The sport beats you up.

Lying face-down, and hitting speeds of more than 70 mph (112 kph), skeleton athletes maneuver their sleds down an icy, mostly-covered track rife with twists and turns. Skeleton sleds feature no ...

The death of Nodar Kumaritashvili prompted changes to the luge event, but no such changes will be made for skeleton and bobsled events, which will be held on the same track.

Whenever British skeleton athletes go on a track, they have to remember every aspect of it, glean every little bit of knowledge. It's a rarity, rather than an everyday occurrence.

The chance to host the 2010 Winter Games was supposed to be a godsend for Canadian athletes who compete in skeleton, the headfirst sled run down a twisting track. Some say it was too much.

Later on, he would head over to the luge and skeleton track at Mount Van Hoevenberg, jump on a skeleton sled and […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 56°F.

Jan 29 (Reuters) - For a country that does not even boast a skeleton track, Britain's record at producing Olympic medal winners in the high-speed sliding sport is phenomenal. Since skeleton ...

WHISTLER, British Columbia - The leader of the U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Federation says he believes the Olympic track is safe for competition. USBSF CEO Darrin Steele says the death of a Georgian ...

Jan 29 (Reuters) - For a country that does not even boast a skeleton track, Britain's record at producing Olympic medal winners in the high-speed sliding sport is phenomenal. Since skeleton ...

Prince Harry does skeleton at the Invictus Games Winter Training Camp on Feb. 15, 2024 The Invictus Games 2025 will be the first winter edition of the competition with the introduction of new sports.

Jan 29 (Reuters) - For a country that does not even boast a skeleton track, Britain's record at producing Olympic medal winners in the high-speed sliding sport is phenomenal. Since skeleton ...

Jan 29 (Reuters) - For a country that does not even boast a skeleton track, Britain's record at producing Olympic medal winners in the high-speed sliding sport is phenomenal. Since skeleton ...