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.

The first skeleton track was built in 1884 by Swiss ... its own federation before appearing in the 1928 Olympics in the sport’s birthplace -- St. Moritz. It returned to the Olympics twenty ...

BEIJING, China — The names of many Olympic sports are self-explanatory, but why is a sport where competitors slide headfirst down an icy track called skeleton? According to the official website ...

After four long years, the Winter Olympics are coming back. From the mountains to the ice to the track, it's been a while ...

Team USA held a combine in St. Louis at the Parisi Speed School. The workouts featured a 40-yard sprint, frog jump, 10-yard ...

Jared Firestone gets a running start on the skeleton. (credit: DAVID ZIMAND) These are dangerous sports. Two luge athletes have died at the Olympic Games since 1964 – more than in any other ...

Curtis remembers the scene at the 2014 Olympics when U.S. skeleton athlete Noelle Pikus ... Humphries — one of the most driven athletes in the sport — says the challenge just of getting ...

The newest Winter Olympic sport will debut in Milan Cortina with ... Bobsled, luge and skeleton are all similar sliding sports, but they have their differences. Beyond the various sled types ...