Skeleton (sport)

Skeleton is a winter sport in which a person rides a small sled down a frozen track. The person lays face down on the sled, and rides head forward. It had been played at the Winter Olympics since 2002; before that, it had also been played in the 1928 and 1948 Games.

Skeleton is a dangerous sport. Riders can reach speeds of 140 kilometres per hour (87 miles per hour).

Skeleton (sport) Media

• Lizzy Yarnold 2017 Lake Placid WC (1 of 3).jpg

  Lizzy Yarnold competing in the World Cup at Lake Placid in November 2017

• 2020-01-20 1st run Men's Skeleton (2020 Winter Youth Olympics) by Sandro Halank–021.jpg

  Men's Skeleton at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne

• 2020-02-27 1st run Men's Skeleton (Bobsleigh & Skeleton World Championships Altenberg 2020) by Sandro Halank–168.jpg

  1st run at the Men's Skeleton at the Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Championships 2020 in Altenberg

Related pages

• Bobsled

Other websites

• Federation Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Toboganning (FIBT) World governing body.