Winter Olympics: What is skeleton and how does it work? - Everything you need to know about Britain’s most successful winter sport

Florian is the reigning world champion in mixed team skeleton with U.S. teammate Mystique Ro.

Just days before the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics are set to begin, U.S. skeleton racer Katie Uhlaender is still fighting for a spot. The American is at the center of a controversy after the Canadian skeleton team made a decision at a recent race that ultimately cost her a sixth Olympic appearance.

Skeleton made its Olympic debut at the 1928 Winter Games in Switzerland and became a permanent event in 2002 during the Games in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Skeleton is an exhilarating Winter Olympic sport in which athletes race head-first down an ice track at speeds reaching over 80 miles per hour (130km/h). While the event can look basic at first glance,

UKRAINIAN athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych wore a helmet dedicated to the people killed in the war in his country while taking part in a Winter Olympics training session. The 27-year-old took to the

27-year-old Vladyslav Heraskevych shared that he had donned the helmet in an effort to speak out about Russia's war on Ukraine

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed that Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych has been banned from wearing a "helmet of remembrance" at the Winter Olympics.

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych says the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has banned him from wearing his helmet featuring images of athletes killed during the war in Ukraine.