Janine Flock finished the job, and a gold medal finally sways from her neck. The Austrian slider who came into these Milan Cortina Games winless in 16 all-time appearances at either the Olympics or the world championships got the biggest win of her long and legendary career on Saturday night.

Austrian Janine Flock finally wrapped up Olympic women's skeleton gold aged 36 on Saturday, eight years after throwing away victory and four years after struggling badly. "I can’t believe it, it doesn’t feel real right now.

Here is the full Olympic skeleton schedule for the 2026 Winter Games.

Janine Flock leads the women’s skeleton race at the Milan Cortina Games, and she is chasing the Olympic medal she still does not have.

Winter Olympics: What is skeleton and how does it work? - Everything you need to know about Britain’s most successful winter sport

An icy track. A lightning-fast sled. And no fear. That’s the world of skeleton, the Winter Olympic sport where athletes dive face-first onto a small sled and hurtle down an ice track at more than 80 mph,

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,

Supporters packed The Crab Barn early Friday morning for a watch party cheering on Olympic skeleton athlete Mystique Ro as she competed on the world stage.

The Olympic silver medalist shared the athletes she's most excited to watch and reflected on the thrill of skeleton.