Winter Olympics, Milan Cortina
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World Skeleton champion Shelley Rudman remembers her time in the Winter Olympics fondly.
Great Britain's hopes of winning multiple skeleton medals at the Winter Olympics have been hit by a potential helmet ban just days before the start of competition in Milan and Cortina.
The British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association (BBSA) has asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to overturn the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation’s (IBSF) decision to ban the new helmets Team GB’s skeleton athletes hope to wear at Milan Cortina 2026.
Ski mountaineering will make its Olympic debut this year, the first winter sport to do so since 2002. Skeleton, luge, ski jumping and moguls are also getting new events.
Team GB have been caught up in a row about illegal helmets on the first day of competition at the Winter Olympics.
Team GB has gone to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in a bid to overturn a last-minute illegal-gear ruling.
As top athletes prepare to test their limits in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, why not take a minute to test your knowledge of Winter Olympics trivia?
Luge looks crazy. It’s the fastest event at the Winter Olympics, with competitors hitting 90 mph on their backs atop tiny sleds with no brakes going down ice tracks. A Georgian luger died after crashing on a training run at the 2010 Vancouver Games.
Team GB’s skeleton squad – one of the nation’s top medal hopes at the Winter Olympics has faced a major blow just days before competition begins in Milan‑Cortina. Matt Weston, Marcus Wyatt, Tabitha Stoecker,