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Skeleton was part of the 1928 and 1948 Olympic Winter Games in St Moritz. Venue both times was the Cresta run of the St Moritz Tobogganing Club. In 2002 Skeleton reappeared at the Winter Games as a permanent sport for both men and women. Venue is now the combined Bobsleigh, Skeleton and Luge track.
Take an in-depth look at the history, equipment, and technique of Skeleton as its competitors gear up for the Sochi 2014 Winter Games! You can follow Skeleton athletes and Olympians on the Olympic Athletes’ Hub at hub.olympic.org. You can also subscribe to the official Olympic RUclips channel at ruclips.net/user/olympic. #olympics
Thanks for your comment, Cool Runnings is based on the story of the Jamaican Bobsleigh team at the 1988 Winter Games... You can relive their inspirational story in the linked video! Jamaican Bobsleigh Team Debut At Calgary 1988 Winter Olympics
Which time determines the winner? Added run times?, Average time of the 2, 3 or 4 runs? Or the fastest time of any run? This particular rule is difficult to find and is not in the IBSF pdf... Thanks in advance for the clarification.
Not a great video. How about explaining how luge works? - for example: their speed is determined (I'm guessing here) in part by how hard/fast they run at the start, by how they handle the turns which in turn is determined by {insert technique explanation here}, and by... How about telling us the distance that they run at the start, what speeds they reach, how long the course is, how they brake at the end? 'Beginner's Guide to Skeleton' certainly implies that this video would explain these things. Instead you tell us what they wear including elbow pads, shoulder pads, a face shield. Duh. We can see they're wearing a face shield and that they wear elbow and shoulder pads sorta goes without saying. You spend the last 28 seconds of a 90 second video showing us footage of the men's and women's winners in 2010. And it would be good to end the video with footage of real athletes doing real runs...to visually bring together the info you'd previously told us (if you'd told us more info)...but even here, 11 of the 28 seconds is wasted showing us celebratory stuff, not actual skeleton racing footage.
I have a question, what is the sense of this sport??? It's just laying on the board ?? It doesn't make any sense, and it is in the olympics? Pffff!! Nonsense haha
When did skeleton debut at the Winter Olympics? What are the measurements of the sled? What do you use to steer the sled? Learn more about Skeleton ahead of Sochi 2014.
You can follow skeleton athletes and 5,000+ other verified Olympians on the Olympic Athletes’ Hub. Download it for free on Android (bit.ly/Hr95MK) and iOS (bit.ly/Hm2TGv).
You can also subscribe to the official Olympic RUclips channel at ruclips.net/user/olympic.
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Skeleton was part of the 1928 and 1948 Olympic Winter Games in St Moritz. Venue both times was the Cresta run of the St Moritz Tobogganing Club. In 2002 Skeleton reappeared at the Winter Games as a permanent sport for both men and women. Venue is now the combined Bobsleigh, Skeleton and Luge track.
Take an in-depth look at the history, equipment, and technique of Skeleton as its competitors gear up for the Sochi 2014 Winter Games!
You can follow Skeleton athletes and Olympians on the Olympic Athletes’ Hub at hub.olympic.org.
You can also subscribe to the official Olympic RUclips channel at ruclips.net/user/olympic.
#olympics
Craziest Olympic sport
Better shared what makes the difference between winners and the rest of skeleton athletes. What makes the time shorter?
Im watching the woman's skeleton and its amazing to watch the track looks so tight and the speed is crazy fast.
that looks fun
looks like asking to die!!!
olympics dont spook us like that
This reminds us of the jamaican movie cool runnings great sports loving it keep up the excellent perfomance
Thanks for your comment, Cool Runnings is based on the story of the Jamaican Bobsleigh team at the 1988 Winter Games... You can relive their inspirational story in the linked video!
Jamaican Bobsleigh Team Debut At Calgary 1988 Winter Olympics
+Olympics
Thank you,this olympic work of heart has been truly appreciated,thanks again.
@Olympics That video isn't an "inspirational" story at all. It's footage of a few runs, and of the crash. There's no story to it at all
2spooky4me
nice
If you win gold, does that mean you skel well?
Which time determines the winner? Added run times?, Average time of the 2, 3 or 4 runs? Or the fastest time of any run? This particular rule is difficult to find and is not in the IBSF pdf... Thanks in advance for the clarification.
Sum of all runs.
What's the song? My school is doing mini Olympics and my team is Norway and I'm doing skeleton it so awesome !
Bob Bradley - Have a Good Time
is this sled called the Luge?
How fast of a speed do the sleds reach?
They are about eighty miles and hour.
They gonna be skeletons if they bump into something 💀
@@vlady2193 yes.
Banzai!
Not a great video. How about explaining how luge works? - for example: their speed is determined (I'm guessing here) in part by how hard/fast they run at the start, by how they handle the turns which in turn is determined by {insert technique explanation here}, and by... How about telling us the distance that they run at the start, what speeds they reach, how long the course is, how they brake at the end?
'Beginner's Guide to Skeleton' certainly implies that this video would explain these things. Instead you tell us what they wear including elbow pads, shoulder pads, a face shield. Duh. We can see they're wearing a face shield and that they wear elbow and shoulder pads sorta goes without saying. You spend the last 28 seconds of a 90 second video showing us footage of the men's and women's winners in 2010. And it would be good to end the video with footage of real athletes doing real runs...to visually bring together the info you'd previously told us (if you'd told us more info)...but even here, 11 of the 28 seconds is wasted showing us celebratory stuff, not actual skeleton racing footage.
Actually I didn't know that it was called a shuttle.
Someone needed to say it..
First
your parents must be proud.
Just another one of many reason both the winter and summer olympics are stupid and boring. That's 2 minutes of my life I will never get back
I have a question, what is the sense of this sport??? It's just laying on the board ?? It doesn't make any sense, and it is in the olympics? Pffff!! Nonsense haha
You also have to steer the sled or else you will crash