KYIV, Ukraine -- The Ukrainian skeleton racer who was disqualified from the Milan Cortina Olympics was given a gift of more than $200,000 on Tuesday to help him keep competing and advocating for his ...

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. And since there's very little to ...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Britain's Matt Weston waited a lifetime to capture his first Olympic skeleton gold medal. He only needed to wait two days for his second title, capping the Milan ...

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 ...

The Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych says he is ready to be disqualified on Thursday because he does not want to betray his country’s dead athletes. In what is likely to be an ...

Athletes at the Olympics dive in headfirst for a chance at gold. That's quite literal when it comes to skeleton. The discipline, which started in 1887, features athletes sliding down an ice track face ...

Mystique Ro is about to make her Winter Olympics debut. The 31-year-old, who was born in Oceanside, California and raised in Nokesville, Virginia, is looking to make her mark when she takes the stage ...

The British skeleton team - among Team GB's best hopes for medals at the Winter Olympics - have been told their helmets do not meet requirements because of its shape only days out from the competition ...

When it comes to the Olympics, athletes can slide in different styles. There are three sliding sports as part of the Winter Olympic program: bobsled, luge and skeleton. Each discipline involves ...

Each discipline involves athletes hurtling down a slippery track with hopes of crossing the finish line with the fastest time. However, there are significant differences between each sport. Here's a ...

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Skeleton athlete Katie Uhlaender says she should have been going to the 2026 Olympics in Italy next month. As a veteran of five Winter Games from 2006 to 2022, sliding in Turin, Vancouver, Sochi, ...