Skeleton (sport)
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| Heichest govrenin body | Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing |
|---|---|
| First played | Late 19t century, Swisserland |
| Characteristics | |
| Contact | No |
| Team members | 1 |
| Categorization | Winter sport, time trial |
| Venue | Skeleton tracks |
| Olympic | Pairt o the Winter Olympic programme in 1928 an 1948 Returned tae the Winter Olympic programme in 2002 tae the day |
Skeleton is a fast winter slidin sport in which an individual person rides a smaa sled doun a frozen track while lyin face doun, during which athletes experience forces up tae 5g. It oreeginatit in St. Moritz, Swisserland, as a spin-off frae the popular Breetish sport o Cresta sleddin.