The 2026 Winter Olympics began just this past weekend, but they have already seen plenty of drama. One main plotline has revolved around Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych and his “Memory ...

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, ...

The current world No. 1 is Belgian Kim Meylemans. Meylemans is sure to be a favorite for gold considering the World Cup form she was in entering the Olympics, and she has experience, as Milan Cortina ...

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 ...

MILAN — A Ukrainian skeleton athlete was barred from competing at the Winter Olympics just hours before his race on Thursday, after he refused to remove a helmet honoring compatriots killed in ...

Ukrainian skeleton slider Vladyslav Heraskevych has been disqualified from the Winter Olympics for “refusing to adhere” to the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) athlete expression guidelines ...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 8 (Reuters) - A junior taekwondo champion with a broken back from a country that does not boast a single sliding track, Briton Matt Weston is an unlikely star of skeleton ...

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 Winter Olympics feature a variety of sledding sports. Two of the most well known are bobsled and luge. And then there's skeleton. From the name to the sport itself, skeleton is a bit more of an ...

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 ...

World champion relay team target Olympic gold US is most successful skeleton nation in the Olympics Host declines to take questions on Katie Uhlaender CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The ...

Team GB's Matt Weston is among the favorites in the skeleton at the Milan Cortina Games. Stefano Rellandini / AFP via Getty Images The British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association (BBSA) has asked the ...