BBC commentator John Hunt raged on behalf of viewers as Olympic TV footage missed the start of Matt Weston’s gold medal-winning skeleton run. Hunt apologised “for the pictures” after the inexplicable ...

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 ...

The Ukrainian Olympic athlete who left the 2026 Winter Olympics over a dispute with officials over his helmet decal honoring deceased athletes killed in the Ukrainian-Russia War has received a ...

Skeleton offers a high‑adrenaline blend of speed, precision and sheer courage as athletes hurtle head‑first toward victory. Athletes race down an ice track lying on a small, flat sled, with their face ...

Matt Weston and Tabby Stoecker teamed up to claim Olympic gold in the mixed team skeleton competition. Weston was a dominant winner of the men's title on Friday evening at the Cortina Sliding Centre, ...

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 ...

By Julien Pretot July 7 (Reuters) - Skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych, the Ukrainian face of the Milano Cortina Games ...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Province of Belluno — The first-ever skeleton mixed team event had a surprising performance from the Americans. Americans Mystique Ro and Austin Florian did not medal, but they set ...