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 — A Ukrainian skeleton athlete has been disqualified from the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics after insisting on wearing a helmet honoring fellow athletes killed in Russia's ...

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 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 ...

The helmets worn by Team GB in Beijing in 2022 look different to the ones they had hoped to wear in Cortina The British skeleton team - among Team GB's best hopes for medals at the Winter Olympics - ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – A Springfield College alum and U.S. Air Force World Class Athlete Program member, will compete for Team USA in the Women’s Skeleton competition. Kelly Curtis, Class of 2012 ...

U.S. skeleton racer Katie Uhlaender is at the center of a U.S.-Canada Olympic qualification controversy. Dean Mouhtaropoulos / Getty Images Just days before the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics are ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Team Canada deliberately withdrew racers to block Katie Uhlaender. The 41-year-old skeleton athlete’s quest for a ...

Katie Uhlaender's hopes of making the women's skeleton field for next month's Milan Cortina Games have been thwarted again, after U.S. officials said Monday that the International Olympic Committee ...

Kaillie Humphries will be trying to medal in her fifth straight Olympics. She leads the top U.S. bobsled pairing. Robert Michael / Getty Images The Americans have medaled in all three sliding sports ...

ALTENBERG, Germany -- Britain's Matt Weston is the World Cup men's skeleton overall champion again. And for the first time, Belgium's Kim Meylemans is the World Cup women's overall champion. Locking ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...