Skeleton became a permanent event at the Winter Olympics starting in 2002. Check out more information on the format, scoring, ...

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 ...

After cameos at the St. Moritz Olympics in 1928 and 1948, skeleton joined the games permanently in 2002. The unusual name may have arisen because the early sleds reminded some of skeletons, or from a ...