Articles in the ‘Skeleton’ Category

Because the sport of skeleton was only permanently added to the Olympic program in 2002, many people assume that it’s a new sport, at least compared to venerable events like luge and bobsledding. But this is actually a mistaken assumption, as skeleton has a history going back at least as far as luge and bobsledding. [...]

Having just been permanently added to the Winter Olympics for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, the skeleton event still seems a little bit crazy to many people. If luge seems dangerous, skeleton seems insane, even bordering on suicidal. It’s hard to understand how anyone can hurdle on a sled down an icy [...]

Skeleton is a thrilling sport which is quite similar to sledding. In fact it was the first sledding sports in Olympics. The equipments required in this sports are very simple: a sled, a compatible suit and a protective helmet. In this event, you need to go down the elevation in head [...]

Skeleton is an exciting sport where the athletes ride one seater sleighs in head down position on the ice track. Skeleton is sometimes called “toboggagin”. It has been named skeleton because a sled was introduced in 1800’s, and it resembled a skeleton.
A toboggan is just simple sled which is still used as [...]