Catch up on what’s changed in Olympic skeleton since the Beijing Winter Games — returning medalists, breakout athletes, track ...

WASHINGTON — As the Olympic Opening Ceremony kicks off the 2026 Winter Games in Milan Cortina, you might hear about a sport called skeleton and immediately wonder what it is. It’s one of the fastest ...

To hear Mystique Ro talk about the first time she went on a skeleton run is to wonder why on earth the former track athlete stuck with one of the wilder Winter Olympic sports — one that involves ...

Skeleton offers a high‑adrenaline blend of speed, precision and sheer courage as athletes hurtle head‑first toward victory. Athletes race down an ice track lying on a small, flat sled, with their face ...

Learn how Olympic skeleton competition works — from the structure of heats and timing rules to how medal winners are ...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Britain's Matt Weston waited a lifetime to capture his first Olympic skeleton gold medal. He only needed to wait two days for his second title, capping the Milan ...

After making its first Olympic appearance in the 1928 Winter Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland, skeleton became a permanent Olympic fixture with both men's and women's events in 2002. A new mixed team ...

There is a certain brand of madness reserved for those who choose to hurtle down a winding corridor of jagged ice with nothing but a thin sheet of fiberglass between ...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Matt Weston doesn't always win. It only seems that way. And at the Milan Cortina Olympics, the 28-year-old slider from Britain left no doubt — he's the best skeleton ...