One of the more interesting and more dangerous Olympic events is skeleton. Skeleton involves an athlete sliding down an ice track in a sled. Sounds simple ... except that the athletes go headfirst ...

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 ...

Southington native and Olympic skeleton racer Austin Florian set a new start record in the men's skeleton competition Thursday morning. During his second run, Florian was the fastest to accelerate, ...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych, a likely medal contender at the Milan Cortina Games, was barred from racing Thursday after refusing a last-minute plea ...

Vladyslav Heraskevych Heraskevych is asking to be reinstated immediately or to be allowed to perform supervised provisional runs until CAS rules on the case. Richard Heathcote / Getty Images Vladyslav ...

This was the race that will always be remembered for the one man who didn’t make the start. Exactly 21 minutes before the men’s skeleton was scheduled to begin the International Olympic Committee put ...

The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) determined on January 29 that Team GB‘s innovative safety helmet – used in training for the first time last week – “does not comply” with ...

One represents Belgium and the other Brazil in skeleton, in which the racer slides near-blind down an ice track at well over 80 miles per hour. By Heather Knight Photographs by James Hill Reporting ...

Katie Uhlaender petitioned the Court of Arbitration for Sport and accused her "best friend" on the Canadian team of acting in bad faith Michael Nied has been a digital news editor with PEOPLE since ...

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — A Ukrainian athlete who was disqualified from the Winter Olympics on Thursday over his insistence on wearing a helmet honoring people killed in his country's war with Russia ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. World No 1 Matt Weston set the quickest time in the first and second heat (Getty Images) Team GB’s Matt Weston broke the track ...