Lake Placid has put forth an offer to host sliding sports for the 2026 ... was on the ice Monday for the start of official training. Belgian skeleton racer Kim Meylemans was permitted to enter ...

Gravity and energy Gravity is what powers the sleds down the ice-covered tracks in bobsled, luge and skeleton events. The big-picture physics is simple – start at some height and then fall to a lower ...

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China's rookie Yan Wengang earned a historic bronze medal, the country's first of any kind in the sport. The host nation claimed men's skeleton gold at each of the last previous Winter Games, ...

But just how do these three sled sports compare ... or her chin barely off the surface of the ice. In the late 19th century in Switzerland. Two skeleton sleds were attached together, along ...

Twenty workers preparing ice on the track day and night are slated to finish by Sunday. Then starting on Monday, bobsled, luge and skeleton athletes will perform ... would require moving the three ...

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.

Organizers of next year’s Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics have announced an operating budget of “about 1.7 billion euros” ($1.9 ...

The new 'Eugenio Monti' sliding centre for the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics has successfully completed its initial tests for bobsleigh, luge and skeleton competitions.