Skeleton is the sledding sport at the Olympics that features the competitor facing head-first down the track. The competitor lies on their stomach, face down. It was a part of the 1928 and 1948 Winter ...

South Korea claimed two stunning medals in sliding sports on home soil at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics. Yun Sung-bin ...

Skeleton is one of the fastest sports at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics. Here’s how the head-first sliding event works and ...

Former U.S. skeleton athlete John Daly was once asked why anyone would decide to hurl themselves, headfirst, down an ice-coated mountainside chute on a thin sled with no safety equipment other than a ...

The 2018 Winter Olympics have been ongoing since Friday, February 9 but none of the Nigerian representatives has been in competitive actions yet. Simidele however on Monday, February 12 competing in ...

Olympic sliding sports – bobsled, luge and skeleton – are known for their speed. Athletes chase medals down a track of ice at ...

Despite leaving the Games without a medal, Simidele is very excited at her campaign. Simidele made history in Pyeongchang 2018 as the first African woman to compete in the skeleton event of the Winter ...

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 ...

Skeleton became a permanent event at the Winter Olympics starting in 2002. Check out more information on the format, scoring, ...

The United States is the most successful skeleton nation in Winter Olympic history but with most of those medals now gathering dust, the arrival of the new mixed relay at Cortina is a timely ...