skeleton racing

From youngest Olympian champion ever to first-ever medals for two countries, the women’s skeleton race on Saturday was full of historic moments.

Out of 224 American athletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics, only a handful are athletes of color— but these five Olympic stars are making a difference, on and off the ice.

Skeleton features athletes hurtling headfirst down on an icy track on a sled. Here’s how to watch the action at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

All Katie Tannenbaum can do is wait and hope for the opportunity to rush to the starting line of one of the world’s fastest races.

Just three athletes, including five-time Olympian Katie Uhlaendar, were named to the U.S. skeleton team for the 2022 Winter Games.

Katie Uhlaender now has made five of the six U.S. Olympic women’s skeleton teams.

Making it down an Olympic skeleton run is, in itself, an act of survival. Making it on to the U.S. Skeleton Team for five straight Olympics raises that instinct to a whole new level. So, 38-year-old Katie Uhlaender is definitely a survivor, and she’s got the resume to prove it.

Making four Olympic teams is quite an accomplishment, and one that skeleton racer John Daly will be understandably proud of in Beijing, but his biggest, yet perhaps less likely achievement came with a wedding ring, when the confirmed bachelor decided that getting married was indeed less scary than sledding face first down an icy lane.