The skeleton event highlights one of the 15 sports taking place in Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympics, but for many fans tuning in to the action in Beijing, the sport has sparked some questions.

When you hear the word skeleton -- a sport is probably the last thing to cross your mind. But it is indeed an interesting name for a rather interesting sport. Skeleton made it's Olympic debut in ...

but why is a sport where competitors slide headfirst down an icy track called skeleton? According to the official website for the 2022 Winter Olympics, the name originated in the 1800s in St ...

Skeleton is an apt name for what looks like the most terrifying Winter Olympics event. But despite the confusing name, the sport is pretty simple: Racers take a running start, and then hurtle down ...

Skeleton has a particularly interesting history when it comes to the Olympics. Per NBC Olympics, St. Moritz, Switzerland is the accepted birthplace of the sport, and it was originally called "cresta." ...

Before turning an obsession-like focus onto skeleton, Curtis used to compete in the related sport of bobsled. In 2013, during a break at graduate school and while training with her bobsled team ...

The only difference for the three sports in terms of the track is that they start at different points on the mountain—bobsledders and singles lugers typically start higher than skeleton riders ...

Mellisa Hollingsworth of Canada competes in her second run of the skeleton competition during the FIBT Skeleton World Cup at the Olympic Sports Complex in Lake Placid, New York. ((Matthew Stockman ...

When you hear the word skeleton -- a sport is probably the last thing to cross your mind. But it is indeed an interesting name for a rather interesting sport. Skeleton made it's Olympic debut in ...