To understand Florian's achievement, it’s essential to grasp what skeleton racing entails. Unlike the luge, where athletes ride feet-first, skeleton competitors navigate the icy track on their stomachs,

Austin Florian is the reigning IBSF World Champion in mixed team skeleton racing with American partner Mystique Ro.

Learn how Olympic skeleton competition works — from the structure of heats and timing rules to how medal winners are determined across men’s and women’s events at the Winter Games of Milan Cortina 2026.

Lizzy Yarnold, Team GBs most successful winter Olympian, tells Sky Sports Geraint Hughes why the 2026 Games can be a successful one for the latest crop of stars - and world champion Matt Weston in par

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 helmet. Daly laughed. “If I knew that, I probably ...

Here's how the Winter Olympics' three sliding sports differ.

A Johnstown-area native is officially a member of Team USA! Channel 11 previously told you that Daniel Barefoot, 35, a Johnstown-area native and Penn State alum, had qualified for the U.S. skeleton sled racing roster. Now, he’s officially been named to ...

India, Jan. 24 -- Few moments involving an Olympic dispute can feel as personal as this one over Katie Uhlaender at age 41 years, after more than two decades of competing on the ice, American skeleton racer Uhlaender isn't just seeking a place on the team-she's fighting a principle: that it should be based on performance,

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There is a level of intense concentration and calm as Pocatello native Andy Whittier tears down a frozen track accelerating to speeds of over 80 mph with his face centimeters from the ice. Attentiveness is paramount for these sliding sentinels as they bank ...

The Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy, may be over, but for many athletes, almost making it that far serves as an inspiration to strive even harder. Courtney Yamada is one such athlete. Selected as an alternate on the U.S. Olympic skeleton team, Yamada, 25 ...