There is a certain brand of madness reserved for those who choose to hurtle down a winding corridor of jagged ice with nothing but a thin sheet of fiberglass between ...

Olympic Skeleton is a high adrenaline sliding event which is a combination of speed, navigational skill, and pure daredevil courage. Though the discipline is similar to luge and bobsleigh with ...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Province of Belluno — Sliding face-first on an icy track at speeds up to 80 mph looks dangerous and terrifying. But that's what Olympic skeleton athletes choose to do, run after run ...

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Britain’s gold medalists Matt Weston, right, and ...

Ukrainian skeleton sled racing athlete Vladyslav Herskevych drew attention to his sport after being disqualified for wearing a controversial helmet at the Winter Olympics. The sport of skeleton sled ...

Venom was going for gold. The Marvel comic book character wasn’t competing in the Olympics, of course, but it sure looked like he was. His white eyes and sharp teeth glided down the ice at ...

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (WWTI) – Those unfamiliar with the sport of skeleton may be surprised by some of the colorful designs as the athletes barrel down the track in Italy. There’s been plenty of ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. U.S. skeleton athlete Mystique Ro seeks to become just the second American woman to earn an Olympic medal in the ...

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 ...

Dan Barefoot, 35, grew up in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and earned a degree at Penn State University in Landscape Architecture.In 2016, Barefoot was working for an engineering firm located in Florida ...