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Austin Florian, a skeleton racer from Southington, finished the first two heats of Olympic competition in 13th place with a combined time of 1:54.53 at Cortina Sliding Center in Italy Thursday.

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, ...

Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladylsav Heraskevych has been disqualified from the Winter Olympics due to his helmet, which features pictures of people killed in the war with Russia. The International ...

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 — 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 ...

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 ...

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. 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 ...

A skeleton athlete slides down the track in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, that will host the Olympics. Last weekend, a sudden coaching decision shook up the women's qualifying picture. Alex Pantling / ...