Somerset may not have an abundance of world-class athletes, but bob skeleton slider Adam Pengilly from Creech St Michael certainly qualifies. He is now the world silver medallist. Bob skeleton slider ...

I am standing at the top of an outdoor track, which, after 20 metres, descends into such a steep decline that it disappears from view. It then rises gently again, finishing at a wall that looks ...

Lizzy Yarnold, the British bob skeleton star who hopes to follow Amy Williams to Olympic glory, has talked for the first time about her terrifying experience when she blacked out during an 80mph ...

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Whilst my far more esteemed insidethegames colleagues Duncan Mackay, Mike Rowbottom and David Owen were rubbing shoulders with Presidents, Kings and a vast array of star-studded names at the 121st ...

For a country which does not boast a single track and hardly any snow, Britain has become something of a skeleton bob hotbed. When Amy Williams hurtled to gold, she became Britain’s fifth skeleton ...

A Kent competitor has scooped gold in the World Cup bob skeleton. For Lizzy Yarnold, from West Kingsdown, it is an amazing achievement - as it's only her second year of competition. Normally it takes ...

On a sled which rolled off the same production line as the Eurofighter, an RAF intelligence officer will attempt to bring home Britain's first Winter Olympic gold for 18 years in Salt Lake City later ...

Ashleigh Pittaway claimed Great Britain's second gold medal of the Winter Youth Olympics, winning the skeleton bob event in Norway. The 15-year-old clocked one minute 50.23 seconds over her two runs, ...

Whilst my far more esteemed insidethegames colleagues Duncan Mackay, Mike Rowbottom and David Owen were rubbing shoulders with Presidents, Kings and a vast array of star-studded names at the 121st ...