ABOUT
Considered the world's first sliding sport, skeleton originated in the Swiss town of St. Moritz in the late 1800s. The first competition was held in 1884. Riders raced down the road from St. Moritz to Celerina, where the winner received a bottle of champagne. It wasn't until 1887 that riders began competing in the prone position used today. The sport took its name in 1892, when a new sled made mostly of metal was introduced. People thought it looked like a skeleton.
The sport's governing body, the Federation Internationale de Bobsleigh et Tobagganing (FIBT), was founded in 1923. Skeleton has twice been on the Olympic programme, both times at its "ancestral" home of St. Moritz, in 1928 and 1948. However, skeleton for both men and women has also been added to the 2002 Olympic programme.
COMPETITION
Olympic skeleton events consists of four runs timed electronically to 0.01 seconds. The four runs are contested over two days and the final standings determined by the aggregate time of the four runs. If athletes complete the competition in a tie, they receive the same award.
Considered the world's first sliding sport, skeleton originated in the Swiss town of St. Moritz in the late 1800s. The first competition was held in 1884. Riders raced down the road from St. Moritz to Celerina, where the winner received a bottle of champagne. It wasn't until 1887 that riders began competing in the prone position used today. The sport took its name in 1892, when a new sled made mostly of metal was introduced. People thought it looked like a skeleton.
The sport's governing body, the Federation Internationale de Bobsleigh et Tobagganing (FIBT), was founded in 1923. Skeleton has twice been on the Olympic programme, both times at its "ancestral" home of St. Moritz, in 1928 and 1948. However, skeleton for both men and women has also been added to the 2002 Olympic programme.
COMPETITION
Olympic skeleton events consists of four runs timed electronically to 0.01 seconds. The four runs are contested over two days and the final standings determined by the aggregate time of the four runs. If athletes complete the competition in a tie, they receive the same award.
LIST OF EVENTS *
- - individual Men
- - individual Women
*On the Programme of the XX Olympic Winter Games, Torino 2006
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