Skeleton is the sledding sport at the Olympics that features the competitor facing head-first down the track. The competitor lies on their stomach, face down. It was a part of the 1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics, then didn't return until 2002. The sport of skeleton is named after the first metal sleds.

The Olympic silver medalist shared the athletes she's most excited to watch and reflected on the thrill of skeleton.

Janine Flock leads the women's skeleton race at the Milan Cortina Games, and she is chasing the Olympic medal she still does not have.

Skeleton is one of the many sports at the Winter Olympics where a helmet can come in very handy while competing. A number of the athletes who got the

Skeleton is one of the fastest sports at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics. Here’s how the head-first sliding event works and who is competing for the U.S. (AP photo)

The Winter Olympics bring sports we barely see outside of these few weeks. Many of them look exciting. Some of them look like a bad idea for normal people. A lot of these events mix speed, ice, height,

Weston becomes Britain's third skeleton gold medalist: Amy Williams won at the 2010 Vancouver Games, then Lizzy Yarnold went back-to-back in 2014 and 2018.

Follow live text, BBC TV coverage, radio commentary, reaction and updates from the Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina.

One represents Belgium and the other Brazil in skeleton, in which the racer slides near-blind down an ice track at well over 80 miles per hour.

Join James Wallace for a busy Saturday evening at the Milano Cortina Games as the women’s skeleton concludes and ski jumpers take to the air