UPDATE: Bend’s Biancha Emery is now ranked 11th in the world for youth women’s skeleton after Wednesday’s race in Pyeongchang. The top 19 youth skeleton racers qualify for the Youth Olympic Games next ...

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — Matt Weston finished 15th in men's skeleton at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, something he considered wildly disappointing. He's been the best in the world ever since.

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The Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy, may be over, but for many athletes, almost making it that far serves as an inspiration to strive even harder. Courtney Yamada is one such athlete. Selected as an ...

Dylan Burris prepares at the start for the skeleton at the North American Cup on Friday in Lake Placid, New York. Dylan Burris at the USA Bobsled & Skeleton training facility in Lake Placid, New York.

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.

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.

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — Britain’s Matt Weston had everyone racing for second place at the men’s skeleton world championships, after capping a dominant performance by leaving no doubt that he’ll head ...