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.

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 ...

Team Canada has been found to have manipulated North American Cup points to deny USA's Katie Uhlaender Milan Cortina Olympics qualification for skeleton competition.

Kelly Curtis '12, a Springfield College alum will compete for Team USA in the Women's Skeleton competition at the Olympic Winter Games in Milan-Cortina, Italy.

Cold hearted move, Canada! The Canadian Olympic team ruthlessly robbed a US racer of the chance to compete at the upcoming 2026 winter games by manipulating the point system earlier this month, an investigation has found.