A thrilling race, the best athletes in the world will participate in the skeleton competition. Here's how to watch all the skeleton action in 2026 in Italy.

The British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association (BBSA) has asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to overturn the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation’s (IBSF) decision to ban the new helmets Team GB’s skeleton athletes hope to wear at Milan Cortina 2026.

Ski mountaineering will make its Olympic debut this year, the first winter sport to do so since 2002. Skeleton, luge, ski jumping and moguls are also getting new events.

World Skeleton champion Shelley Rudman remembers her time in the Winter Olympics fondly.

This evening are the opening ceremonies for the 2026 Winter Olympics, to be held in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. Among those competing this year are several athletes with connections to Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania.

The 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina snuck up on you, didn’t they? That’s always the case with the Winter Olympics (Feb. 6-22) and Paralympics (March 6-15), which are smaller and include sports unfamiliar or inaccessible to a good portion of the world.

Team GB go before CAS over skeleton helmet ban at Winter Olympics - GB medal hopes hit after ban on new aerodynamic racing helmet

Matt Weston and Marcus Wyatt are medal hopefuls for Team GB in the Skeleton at the Winter Olympics 2026 in Milano Cortina in Italy