The Winter Olympics is our chance to check out sports that only appear on our radar every four years, the majority of which ...

Big investment in coaches and kit – £5.8m in the last cycle – has paid off despite lack of facilities and snow at home ...

The Winter Olympics bring sports we barely see outside of these few weeks. Many of them look exciting. Some of them look like a bad idea for normal people. A lot of these events mix speed, ice, height ...

Get the latest Skeleton news, race results, World Cup standings, and analysis from Reuters journalists covering skeleton events and championships.

Former U.S. skeleton athlete John Daly was once asked why anyone would decide to hurl themselves, headfirst, down an ice-coated mountainside chute on a thin sled with no safety equipment other than a ...

For the final time in the 2026 Winter Olympics, Dan Barefoot raced down the mountain in men’s skeleton. The Johnstown native finished 20th on the leaderboard with a combined time of 3:49.86. Barefoot ...

WHO would have thought that hurtling head-first down a mountain could cause such a snowball effect? Not Matt Weston, who has ...

Ukrainian skeleton slider Vladyslav Heraskevych has been disqualified from the Winter Olympics for “refusing to adhere” to ...

Skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych was disqualified from competing at the 2026 Winter Olympics after ignoring the IOC's pleas.

This is the price of our dignity,” Heraskevych said, in response to the International Olympic Committee's decision.

The hype train officially has arrived for USA Bobsled and Skeleton, with American rapper and television personality Flavor ...