Former U.S. skeleton athlete John Daly was once asked why anyone would decide to hurl themselves, head first, down an ice-coated mountainside chute on a thin sled with no safety equipment other than a ...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Double Olympic skeleton champion Matt Weston is one of the most articulate athletes you could ever meet but, even five days on from becoming the only ...

British skeleton racer Tabby Stoecker is aiming to follow in the sled path of Lizzy Yarnold and Amy Williams by winning an ...

LONDON (AP) – Olympic skeleton champion Lizzie Yarnold of Britain says she is taking a season-long break from competition and will miss the upcoming World Cup. The 26-year-old Yarnold said that after ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Vladyslav Heraskevych was shunned by the Olympics, then invited to the United Nations. He never expected that would happen. The Ukrainian skeleton athlete was not allowed to ...

Way back in 1928, "skijoring" was one of two demonstration sports to be showcased at the St. Moritz Winter Olympics. The ...