Carina Evans knows how to take a fall – but she has never fallen like this. Losing control of her racing toboggan, she flies head-first into a barrier, spins and careers down the outer wall. Her body ...

Since 1887, fearless men have barreled headlong down the Cresta Run in St. Moritz to a crescendo of busted sleds and broken bones. It's still all downhill this winter--if you've got what it takes. The ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. I want to scream but I can hardly draw breath. I am careering down a gulley of solid ice, my head poised above the ...

I can remember the exact moment when my love of skiing died. I was following a friend who was a far better skier than me down a black run. He had insisted I was more than capable of this feat, despite ...

The Cresta Run toboggan track in Switzerland has voted to overturn an 89-year ban on women racing its course. While female competitors were originally free to use the natural ice run for skeleton ...

"Exhilarating, risky and addictive. It's even crazier than downhill skiing." That's how four-time Olympian and Ski Sunday presenter Chemmy Alcott described the iconic Cresta Run. Switzerland's St ...

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