Ukrainian skeleton racer loses his appeal
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Ukrainian skeleton athlete loses appeal, but already knew his chance of racing in Olympics is over
Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych took his case to sport's highest court on Friday, detailing the reasons why he wanted to race at the Milan Cortina Olympics in a helmet that paid tribute to his country's war victims.
The Olympic silver medalist shared the athletes she's most excited to watch and reflected on the thrill of skeleton.
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.
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Ukraine skeleton helmet controversy, explained: Why Vladyslav Heraskevych was banned from competing at Olympics
Heraskevych will no longer compete in Milan after the IOC announced his disqualification.
Winter Olympics: What is skeleton and how does it work? - Everything you need to know about Britain’s most successful winter sport
With the 2026 Winter Olympics underway, here's a guide on the high-speed sledding sports: luge, skeleton and bobsleigh.
Here is a look at some of the differences between luge, bobsled and skeleton:
There is a level of intense concentration and calm as Pocatello native Andy Whittier tears down a frozen track accelerating to speeds of over 80 mph with his face centimeters from the ice. Attentiveness is paramount for these sliding sentinels as they bank ...
There’s no real way to describe what it’s like to be standing less than ten feet away from an icy track and having a bobsled go by you at 80 miles an hour. You stand there with your cell phone ready. The announcer says, “He’s coming through the ...
A Johnstown-area native is officially a member of Team USA! Channel 11 previously told you that Daniel Barefoot, 35, a Johnstown-area native and Penn State alum, had qualified for the U.S. skeleton sled racing roster. Now, he’s officially been named to ...
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 ...