The one-year countdown to the Milan Cortina Olympic Games is on. International Olympics Committee president Thomas Bach has ...

Team USA's 32-year-old Idahoan Andrew Blaser, in his first Olympics, finished 21st. The only American competing in men's skeleton, he did not advance to the fourth heat. One of the few openly gay ...

Alpine skiing will be divided between Cortina (for the women’s events) and Bormio (for the men) — which are separated by a 5 ...

A spokesperson for the Olympic Regional Development Authority said they’re working with organizers of the Italian Olympics ... will host the IBSF Bobsled and Skeleton World Championships.

The German sled piloted ... Germany. Skeleton: World Cup season finales for men’s, women’s and mixed team Feb. 7 at Lillehammer, Norway. Brignone beats Goggia for Italian 1-2 in World Cup ...

yet heavy sled at speeds over 80 mph. The track is about a mile long and an Olympic-caliber time is a little over a minute for both men and women. Skeleton’s running start requires a tremendous ...