The Ukrainian skeleton Olympian cut from competition at the Milan Cortina Games because of his helmet remembering fellow athletes killed in the war with Russia has received a medal of a different kind ...

The Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych says he is ready to be disqualified on Thursday because he does not want to betray his country’s dead athletes. In what is likely to be an ...

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 ...

With the 2026 Winter Olympics officially starting Friday afternoon, Feb. 6, fans have about a month's worth of intense competition ahead, including skiing, ice skating, curling and sports that may be ...

The 2026 Winter Olympics, held in Northern Italy in the cities of Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, are here. If you're tuning into the action this February, odds are you're going to see some bobsled, luge ...

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 ...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Skeleton may slightly trail luge and bobsleigh in the sliding sport speed rankings but with its athletes' heads skimming only centimetres from a tunnel of ...

U.S. Olympic bobsledder Kris Horn is asking that sport's governing body to grant him a spot in the two-man race at the Milan Cortina Games, while Irish luge athlete Elsa Desmond and U.S. skeleton ...

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 ...

When it comes to the Olympics, athletes can slide in different styles. There are three sliding sports as part of the Winter Olympic program: bobsled, luge and skeleton. Each discipline involves ...

The remains of a teenage boy who lived around 27,000 years ago suggest he was attacked by a cave bear—some of the first direct evidence of a predator attacking an ancient human The remains of the boy, ...