Learn how Olympic skeleton competition works — from the structure of heats and timing rules to how medal winners are ...
Ukrainian skeleton sled racing athlete Vladyslav Herskevych drew attention to his sport after being disqualified for wearing a controversial helmet at the Winter Olympics.
A skeleton race begins with an athlete making a running start, pushing their small sled - essentially a metal tray on two ...
Former U.S. skeleton athlete John Daly was once asked why anyone would decide to hurl themselves, head first, down an ice-coated mountainside chute on a thin sled with no safety equipment other than a ...
There’s no real way to describe what it’s like to be standing less than ten feet away from an icy track and having a bobsled go by you at 80 miles an hour. You stand there with your cell phone ready.
American Mystique Ro was terrified the first time she rode a skeleton sled. Now she's one of the favorites to win Olympic ...
A Johnstown-area native is officially a member of Team USA! Channel 11 previously told you that Daniel Barefoot, 35, a Johnstown-area native and Penn State alum, had qualified for the U.S. skeleton ...
From comic book characters to feral cats, skeleton athletes are bringing the heat to the Milan Cortina Olympics with their ...
When Southington's Austin Florian ventured into skeleton competition midway through college after a family visit to the former Lake Placid, N.Y. Olympic site, it was simply to have fun. He had no ...
UPDATE: Bend’s Biancha Emery is now ranked 11th in the world for youth women’s skeleton after Wednesday’s race in Pyeongchang. The top 19 youth skeleton racers qualify for the Youth Olympic Games next ...
MILAN — An international sports tribunal on Monday ruled it lacks jurisdiction to intervene in the case of Katie Uhlaender, an American skeleton racer denied a sixth Olympic bid by an alleged Canadian ...
Heraskevych will no longer compete in Milan after the IOC announced his disqualification.