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<li id="toc-International_expansion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#International_expansion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1</span> <span>International expansion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-International_expansion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-International_competitions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#International_competitions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>International competitions</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-International_competitions-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle International competitions subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-International_competitions-sublist" 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id="toc-Continental_Championships" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Continental_Championships"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Continental Championships</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Continental_Championships-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Senior_World_Championships" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Senior_World_Championships"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Senior World Championships</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Senior_World_Championships-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Junior_World_Championships" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Junior_World_Championships"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>Junior World Championships</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Junior_World_Championships-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Olympic_Winter_Games" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Olympic_Winter_Games"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>Olympic Winter Games</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Olympic_Winter_Games-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Sport</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Sport-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Sport subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Sport-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Track" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Track"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Track</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Track-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sled" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sled"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Sled</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sled-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Equipment" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Equipment"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Equipment</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Equipment-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Organizations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Organizations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Organizations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Organizations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Olympic_medal_table" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Olympic_medal_table"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Olympic medal table</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Olympic_medal_table-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Olympic medal table subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Olympic_medal_table-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Men" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Men"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Men</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Men-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Women" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Women"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Women</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Women-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Total_Olympic_ranking_(2018)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Total_Olympic_ranking_(2018)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Total Olympic ranking (2018)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Total_Olympic_ranking_(2018)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Brain_injury" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Brain_injury"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Brain injury</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Brain_injury-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%82_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9" title="سباق الزلاجات الصدرية – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="سباق الزلاجات الصدرية" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeleton" title="Skeleton – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Skeleton" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Скелетон – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Скелетон" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Скелетон – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Скелетон" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Скелетон – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Скелетон" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeleton" title="Skeleton – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Skeleton" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobogan_(esport)" title="Tobogan (esport) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Tobogan (esport)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Скелетон – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Скелетон" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeleton" title="Skeleton – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Skeleton" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ysgerbwd_(chwaraeon)" title="Ysgerbwd (chwaraeon) – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Ysgerbwd (chwaraeon)" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeleton" title="Skeleton – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Skeleton" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeleton_(Sportart)" title="Skeleton (Sportart) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Skeleton (Sportart)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeleton" title="Skeleton – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Skeleton" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%BA%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BD" title="Σκέλετον – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Σκέλετον" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeleton" title="Skeleton – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Skeleton" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeletonado" title="Skeletonado – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Skeletonado" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeleton" title="Skeleton – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Skeleton" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86" title="اسکلتون – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="اسکلتون" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeleton" title="Skeleton – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Skeleton" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeleton" title="Skeleton – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Skeleton" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%8A%A4%EC%BC%88%EB%A0%88%ED%86%A4" title="스켈레톤 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="스켈레톤" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%AF%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%A5%D5%BF%D5%B8%D5%B6" title="Սկելետոն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Սկելետոն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeleton" title="Skeleton – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Skeleton" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeleton" title="Skeleton – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Skeleton" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeleton" title="Skeleton – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Skeleton" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeleton" title="Skeleton – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Skeleton" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9F" title="סקלטון – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="סקלטון" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Скелетон – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Скелетон" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ltg mw-list-item"><a href="https://ltg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeletons" title="Skeletons – Latgalian" lang="ltg" hreflang="ltg" data-title="Skeletons" data-language-autonym="Latgaļu" data-language-local-name="Latgalian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latgaļu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeletons" title="Skeletons – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Skeletons" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" 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<div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Winter sliding sport</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn" style="padding-bottom:0.2em;">Skeleton</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:D%C3%A9part_de_skeleton_Amy_Williams.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/D%C3%A9part_de_skeleton_Amy_Williams.jpg/250px-D%C3%A9part_de_skeleton_Amy_Williams.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="187" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/D%C3%A9part_de_skeleton_Amy_Williams.jpg/375px-D%C3%A9part_de_skeleton_Amy_Williams.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/D%C3%A9part_de_skeleton_Amy_Williams.jpg/500px-D%C3%A9part_de_skeleton_Amy_Williams.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2690" data-file-height="2016" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Amy_Williams" title="Amy Williams">Amy Williams</a> pushes off at the start</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em;">Highest <a href="/wiki/Sports_governing_body" title="Sports governing body">governing body</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/International_Bobsleigh_and_Skeleton_Federation" title="International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation">International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em;">First played</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">Late 19th century, <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#eee;">Characteristics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em;">Contact</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">No</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em;">Team members</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">Winter sport, time trial</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em;">Venue</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_bobsleigh,_luge,_and_skeleton_tracks" title="List of bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton tracks">Skeleton tracks</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#eee;">Presence</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em;"><a href="/wiki/Olympic_Games" title="Olympic Games">Olympic</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Skeleton_at_the_1928_Winter_Olympics" title="Skeleton at the 1928 Winter Olympics">1928</a>, <a href="/wiki/Skeleton_at_the_1948_Winter_Olympics" title="Skeleton at the 1948 Winter Olympics">1948</a>, <a href="/wiki/Skeleton_at_the_2002_Winter_Olympics" title="Skeleton at the 2002 Winter Olympics">2002</a> to present</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Skeleton</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Winter_sports" title="Winter sports">winter sliding sport</a> in which a person rides a small <a href="/wiki/Sled" title="Sled">sled</a>, known as a skeleton bobsled (or bobsleigh), down a frozen track while lying <a href="/wiki/Prone_position" title="Prone position">face down and head-first</a>. The sport and the sled may have been named from the bony appearance of the sled.<sup id="cite_ref-eb_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Unlike other sliding sports of <a href="/wiki/Bobsleigh" title="Bobsleigh">bobsleigh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Luge" title="Luge">luge</a>, the race always involves single riders. Like bobsleigh, but unlike luge, the race begins with a running start from the opening gate at the top of the course. The skeleton sled is thinner and heavier than the luge sled, and skeleton gives the rider more precise control of the sled. Skeleton is the slowest of the three sliding sports, as skeleton's face-down, head-first riding position is less aerodynamic than luge's face-up, feet-first ride.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Previously, skeleton appeared in the Olympic program in <a href="/wiki/St._Moritz" title="St. Moritz">St. Moritz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Skeleton_at_the_1928_Winter_Olympics" title="Skeleton at the 1928 Winter Olympics">1928</a> and again in <a href="/wiki/Skeleton_at_the_1948_Winter_Olympics" title="Skeleton at the 1948 Winter Olympics">1948</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SMTC_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SMTC-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was added permanently to the Olympic program for the <a href="/wiki/Skeleton_at_the_2002_Winter_Olympics" title="Skeleton at the 2002 Winter Olympics">2002 Winter Olympics</a>, at which stage a women's race was added. </p><p>During elite racing the rider experiences accelerations up to 5<span class="nowrap"> </span><a href="/wiki/G-force" title="G-force">g</a> and reaches speeds over 130 km/h (81 mph).<sup id="cite_ref-eb_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Skeleton_(sport)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The skeleton originated in <a href="/wiki/St._Moritz,_Switzerland" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Moritz, Switzerland">St. Moritz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a>, as a spinoff of the tobogganing sport pioneered by the British on the <a href="/wiki/Cresta_Run" title="Cresta Run">Cresta Run</a>. Although skeleton "sliders" use equipment similar to that of Cresta "riders", the two sports are different: while skeleton is run on the same tracks used by <a href="/wiki/Bobsled" class="mw-redirect" title="Bobsled">bobsleds</a> and <a href="/wiki/Luge" title="Luge">luge</a> (which are sufficiently 'closed' that a participant is highly unlikely to be ejected from the track), the Cresta takes place only on the Cresta Run (which is more open, meaning a rider can fall out of the run if he is out of control). Skeleton sleds are steered using torque provided by the head and shoulders. The Cresta toboggan does not have a steering or braking mechanism, though Cresta riders use rakes on their boots in addition to shifting body weight to help <a href="/wiki/Steering" title="Steering">steer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brake" title="Brake">brake</a>. </p><p>The sport of skeleton can be traced to 1882, when English soldiers constructed a <a href="/wiki/Toboggan" title="Toboggan">toboggan</a> track between the towns of <a href="/wiki/Davos" title="Davos">Davos</a> and <a href="/wiki/Klosters" title="Klosters">Klosters</a> in <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a>. While toboggan tracks were not uncommon at the time, the added challenge of curves and bends in the Swiss track distinguished it from those of Canada and the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FIBT_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FIBT-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The source of the word is debated; some speculate that it comes from the skeleton-like appearance of the original sleds, and others an incorrectly <a href="/wiki/Anglicized" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglicized">anglicized</a> version of the <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_language" title="Norwegian language">Norwegian</a> word for toboggan, "Kjelke".<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Approximately 30 km (20 mi) away in the winter sports town of St. Moritz, British men had long enjoyed racing one another down the busy, winding streets of the town, causing an uproar among citizens because of the danger to pedestrians and visiting tourists. In 1884, Major William Bulpett, with the backing of winter sports pioneer and <a href="/wiki/Kulm_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kulm (district)">Kulm</a> hotel owner <a href="/wiki/Caspar_Badrutt" title="Caspar Badrutt">Caspar Badrutt</a>, constructed the <a href="/wiki/Cresta_Run" title="Cresta Run">Cresta Run</a>, the first tobogganing track of its kind in St. Moritz.<sup id="cite_ref-BBSA_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBSA-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The track ran three-quarters of a mile from St. Moritz to <a href="/wiki/Celerina/Schlarigna" title="Celerina/Schlarigna">Celerina</a> and contained ten turns still used today. When the <a href="/wiki/Winter_Olympic_Games" title="Winter Olympic Games">Winter Olympic Games</a> were held at St. Moritz in <a href="/wiki/1928_Winter_Olympics" title="1928 Winter Olympics">1928</a> and <a href="/wiki/1948_Winter_Olympics" title="1948 Winter Olympics">1948</a>, the Cresta Run was included in the program, marking the only two times skeleton was included as an Olympic event before its permanent addition in 2002 to the Winter Games.<sup id="cite_ref-SMTC_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SMTC-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1887 Grand National competition in St. Moritz, a Mr. Cornish introduced the now-traditional head-first position, a trend that was in full force by the 1890 Grand National.<sup id="cite_ref-SMTC_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SMTC-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International_expansion">International expansion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Skeleton_(sport)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: International expansion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Skeleton was practiced mainly in Switzerland; however, in 1905, <a href="/wiki/Styria" title="Styria">Styria</a> held its first skeleton competition in <a href="/wiki/M%C3%BCrzzuschlag" title="Mürzzuschlag">Mürzzuschlag</a>, <a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a>. This opened the door to other national skeleton competitions including the <a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austrian</a> championship held the following year. In 1908 and 1910, skeleton competitions were held in the <a href="/wiki/Semmering_Pass" title="Semmering Pass">Semmering Pass</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FIBT_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FIBT-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the popularity of the sport grew, skeleton evolved into the sport recognized today. In 1892, the sled was transformed by L. P. Child, an Englishman, to incorporate a more bare-bones design.<sup id="cite_ref-FIBT_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FIBT-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1923, the <a href="/wiki/Federation_Internationale_de_Bobsleigh_et_de_Tobogganing" class="mw-redirect" title="Federation Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing">Federation Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing</a> (FIBT) was established as the governing body of the sport. Soon afterward, in 1926, the <a href="/wiki/International_Olympic_Committee" title="International Olympic Committee">International Olympic Committee</a> declared bobsleigh and skeleton as Olympic sports and adopted the rules of the St. Moritz run as the officially recognized Olympic rules.<sup id="cite_ref-FIBT_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FIBT-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was not until 2002, however, that skeleton returned to the Olympic Winter Games after a 54-year absence, with the <a href="/wiki/2002_Winter_Olympics" title="2002 Winter Olympics">2002 Winter Olympics</a> in <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City,_Utah" class="mw-redirect" title="Salt Lake City, Utah">Salt Lake City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Utah" title="Utah">Utah</a>. In 2015, the FIBT was renamed the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF), and the Congress of the IBSF adopted its current governing statutes in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-ibsf-statutes_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ibsf-statutes-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Popularity in the sport has grown since the 2002 Winter Olympics and now includes participation by some countries that either do not or cannot have a track because of climate, terrain or monetary limitations. Athletes from such countries as <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a>, <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>, and even the <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands" title="Virgin Islands">Virgin Islands</a> have become involved with the sport in recent years. The IBSF operates a support program for "emerging nations", which provides travel, coaching, and equipment funding assistance to countries which have neither a track nor three qualified pilots in three IBSF disciplines; in 2017, 20 national federations qualified for financial support in men's skeleton, and 11 qualified in women's skeleton.<sup id="cite_ref-ibsf-emerging_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ibsf-emerging-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_competitions">International competitions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Skeleton_(sport)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: International competitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lizzy_Yarnold_2017_Lake_Placid_WC_(1_of_3).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Lizzy_Yarnold_2017_Lake_Placid_WC_%281_of_3%29.jpg/220px-Lizzy_Yarnold_2017_Lake_Placid_WC_%281_of_3%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Lizzy_Yarnold_2017_Lake_Placid_WC_%281_of_3%29.jpg/330px-Lizzy_Yarnold_2017_Lake_Placid_WC_%281_of_3%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Lizzy_Yarnold_2017_Lake_Placid_WC_%281_of_3%29.jpg/440px-Lizzy_Yarnold_2017_Lake_Placid_WC_%281_of_3%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Lizzy_Yarnold" title="Lizzy Yarnold">Lizzy Yarnold</a> competing in the <a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Skeleton_World_Cup" title="2017–18 Skeleton World Cup">World Cup</a> at Lake Placid in November 2017</figcaption></figure> <p>The IBSF organizes three competitive circuits for international skeleton competition, in two tiers: two Continental Cups, and the top level <a href="/wiki/Skeleton_World_Cup" title="Skeleton World Cup">World Cup</a>. Each athlete receives points based on their results and the level of the competition, which are used to determine both their rankings on each circuit they race in and also an overall ranking across all circuits. An intermediate tier, the Intercontinental Cup, was discontinued after the 2022–23 season.<sup id="cite_ref-2023-season-preview_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2023-season-preview-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>National federations are assigned athlete quota spots in the higher levels according to the overall rankings of their individual athletes during the previous season, but are free to send any qualified athlete to a competition in which they have available quota. However, individual athletes' discipline rankings are used to determine the start order for the first heat of each race: the track becomes less smooth after each successive run, so earlier starts are more desirable.<sup id="cite_ref-rules-2017_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rules-2017-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the second (fourth at the World Championships and Winter Olympics) heat, the competitors start in reverse order of their ranking after the previous heat. (At four-heat races, start order in heats two and three is in ascending order of combined time from the prior heats.) </p><p>In addition to the four race series, the IBSF also organizes World Championships, which are held at the end of every sliding season except when the <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Winter_Games" class="mw-redirect" title="Olympic Winter Games">Olympic Winter Games</a> are held, and a Junior World Championships (open to athletes aged 23 and under) which are held annually without regard to the Olympics. One race each World Cup season is also designated the European Championship.<sup id="cite_ref-rules-2017_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rules-2017-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The IBSF cooperates with the International Olympic Committee to supervise the skeleton races at the Olympic Winter Games, and the IBSF ranking system is used to determine the National Olympic Committees' athlete quota allocations. </p><p>On all of the regular competitive circuits, the race days are preceded by three or four days of pre-race training to allow athletes to learn the intricacies of each track, and each athlete must complete a certain number of successful training runs to be eligible to compete. Normally, if the same competition also includes bobsleigh races, the skeleton races will be held first, as the heavier bobsleighs do more damage to the track. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Continental_Cups">Continental Cups</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Skeleton_(sport)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Continental Cups"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The two Continental Cup series are the Europe Cup (also called "Europa Cup" and "European Cup") and the North American Cup. Both series are open to athletes from all participating nations, but with some restrictions: the top 15 athletes in combined ranking are not permitted to race in the Continental Cups, and athletes are not permitted to race unless their team has filled all of its assigned quota sports in the World Cup. In addition, teams are limited to four athletes on their home continent and two athletes on the other continent. (For the purposes of this restriction, African teams are considered to be home on the Europe Cup and Asian, Oceanian, and South American teams are home on the North American Cup.)<sup id="cite_ref-rules-2017_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rules-2017-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As the bottom level of international skeleton competition, race results in the Continental Cups are assigned the lowest point values for ranking, with a first-place finish being with 75 points (compared to 225 points for the World Cup). Only the top 30 athletes receive ranking points; 30th place is worth 1 point.<sup id="cite_ref-rules-2017_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rules-2017-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, two races are generally held in each discipline on a single race weekend, allowing consistently competitive athletes to earn a higher ranking than if they went to a single World Cup race and finished poorly. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Intercontinental_Cup">Intercontinental Cup</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Skeleton_(sport)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Intercontinental Cup"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Intercontinental Cup (ICC) was introduced as an intermediate level between the Continental Cups and the World Cup; a first-place finish was worth 120 points in the IBSF ranking (vs. 225 points for a World Cup win). The ICC was discontinued after the 2022–23 season to increase the number of athletes participating on the World Cup.<sup id="cite_ref-2023-season-preview_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2023-season-preview-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_Cup">World Cup</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Skeleton_(sport)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: World Cup"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Skeleton_World_Cup" title="Skeleton World Cup">Skeleton World Cup</a></div> <p>The World Cup is the top level of international skeleton competition, and has the most stringent team quotas, with no teams receiving an automatic entry. To qualify, a team must have placed at least one athlete in the top 70 (for men) of the overall ranking table (top 55 for women); quotas were loosened for the 2023–24 season to account for the discontinuation of the Intercontinental Cup. Each team receives a number of starting positions equal to the number of athletes from that team who were in the top 70 (for men) or top 55 (for women) in the previous season's overall rankings, to a maximum of four.<sup id="cite_ref-2023-season-preview_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2023-season-preview-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To be eligible to enter a World Cup race, athletes must have safely completed five races on two tracks in the previous two seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-rules-2017_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rules-2017-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the end of the World Cup season, the man and woman with the highest ranking, considering only points earned in World Cup races, are given a trophy known as the "Crystal Globe". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Continental_Championships">Continental Championships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Skeleton_(sport)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Continental Championships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs to be <b>updated</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2023</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>One World Cup race a year may be designated as a continental championship for the continent on which it is held. This championship is a "paper" race, based only on the times in the regularly scheduled World Cup event, with the athletes representing a different continent excluded. Currently, this is done only in Europe; the 2017/18 European Championship races were the World Cup races held on 15 December 2017 at <a href="/wiki/Innsbruck" title="Innsbruck">Innsbruck</a>, <a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a>. The current European champions are <a href="/wiki/Martins_Dukurs" title="Martins Dukurs">Martins Dukurs</a> of Latvia<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Elena_Nikitina" title="Elena Nikitina">Elena Nikitina</a> of Russia.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Senior_World_Championships">Senior World Championships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Skeleton_(sport)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Senior World Championships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs to be <b>updated</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2023</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For a list of past winners, see <a href="/wiki/Skeleton_World_Championships" class="mw-redirect" title="Skeleton World Championships">Skeleton World Championships</a>.</div> <p>In non-Olympic years, a national federation volunteers to organize the (Senior) World Championships (for both bobsleigh and skeleton), which are open to all athletes meeting the experience requirements that apply to the World Cup and the ICC (including junior athletes). The quota system for the Senior World Championships is the same as for the World Cup, except that all national federations are entitled to send one athlete. The defending Junior World Champion in each discipline also receives an automatic entry. Unlike all other IBSF-sponsored races, the World Championships use a two-day, four-heat format, with rankings determined by total time for all four heats.<sup id="cite_ref-rules-2017_11-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rules-2017-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2016/17 World Championships were held at <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6nigssee_bobsleigh,_luge,_and_skeleton_track" title="Königssee bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track">Königssee bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bavaria" title="Bavaria">Bavaria</a>, 24–26 February 2017. <a href="/wiki/Martins_Dukurs" title="Martins Dukurs">Martins Dukurs</a> of Latvia won the men's competition<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Jacqueline_L%C3%B6lling" class="mw-redirect" title="Jacqueline Lölling">Jacqueline Lölling</a> of Germany won the women's competition.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because 2018 was an Olympic year, no World Championships were held for the 2017/18 season. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Junior_World_Championships">Junior World Championships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Skeleton_(sport)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Junior World Championships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs to be <b>updated</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2023</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2020-01-20_1st_run_Men%27s_Skeleton_(2020_Winter_Youth_Olympics)_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93021.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/2020-01-20_1st_run_Men%27s_Skeleton_%282020_Winter_Youth_Olympics%29_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93021.jpg/220px-2020-01-20_1st_run_Men%27s_Skeleton_%282020_Winter_Youth_Olympics%29_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93021.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="192" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/2020-01-20_1st_run_Men%27s_Skeleton_%282020_Winter_Youth_Olympics%29_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93021.jpg/330px-2020-01-20_1st_run_Men%27s_Skeleton_%282020_Winter_Youth_Olympics%29_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93021.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/2020-01-20_1st_run_Men%27s_Skeleton_%282020_Winter_Youth_Olympics%29_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93021.jpg/440px-2020-01-20_1st_run_Men%27s_Skeleton_%282020_Winter_Youth_Olympics%29_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93021.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1592" data-file-height="1391" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>The Junior World Championships are held every year, but are scheduled to avoid conflict with the Olympics and the Senior World Championships. Junior athletes are those who are under 23 years of age, or who turn 23 at some point during the competitive season. All countries are entitled to send up to three athletes to the Junior World Championships, subject to the requirement that each entrant must have finished at least three IBSF sanctioned competitions on at least two tracks in the previous two years.<sup id="cite_ref-rules-2017_11-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rules-2017-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2017–18 Junior World Championships were held on 25 January 2018 in <a href="/wiki/St._Moritz-Celerina_Olympic_Bobrun" title="St. Moritz-Celerina Olympic Bobrun">St. Moritz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a>, and the winners were <a href="/wiki/Anna_Fernst%C3%A4dt" title="Anna Fernstädt">Anna Fernstädt</a> of Germany and <a href="/wiki/Nikita_Tregubov" title="Nikita Tregubov">Nikita Tregubov</a> of Russia.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Olympic_Winter_Games">Olympic Winter Games</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Skeleton_(sport)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Olympic Winter Games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Skeleton_at_the_Winter_Olympics" title="Skeleton at the Winter Olympics">Skeleton at the Winter Olympics</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2020-02-27_1st_run_Men%27s_Skeleton_(Bobsleigh_%26_Skeleton_World_Championships_Altenberg_2020)_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93168.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/2020-02-27_1st_run_Men%27s_Skeleton_%28Bobsleigh_%26_Skeleton_World_Championships_Altenberg_2020%29_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93168.jpg/220px-2020-02-27_1st_run_Men%27s_Skeleton_%28Bobsleigh_%26_Skeleton_World_Championships_Altenberg_2020%29_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93168.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/2020-02-27_1st_run_Men%27s_Skeleton_%28Bobsleigh_%26_Skeleton_World_Championships_Altenberg_2020%29_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93168.jpg/330px-2020-02-27_1st_run_Men%27s_Skeleton_%28Bobsleigh_%26_Skeleton_World_Championships_Altenberg_2020%29_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93168.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/2020-02-27_1st_run_Men%27s_Skeleton_%28Bobsleigh_%26_Skeleton_World_Championships_Altenberg_2020%29_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93168.jpg/440px-2020-02-27_1st_run_Men%27s_Skeleton_%28Bobsleigh_%26_Skeleton_World_Championships_Altenberg_2020%29_by_Sandro_Halank%E2%80%93168.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2863" data-file-height="1949" /></a><figcaption>Yun Sung-bin</figcaption></figure> <p>The skeleton event in the Winter Olympics uses the same two-day, four-heat format as the World Championships, but team quotas are significantly smaller. The International Olympic Committee assigns athlete quotas to national Olympic committees in cooperation with the IBSF and using the IBSF ranking system to determine qualification; 20 women and 30 men competed at the <a href="/wiki/2018_Winter_Olympics" title="2018 Winter Olympics">2018 Winter Olympics</a> in Pyeongchang, Korea, with one automatic quota going to the host country (Korea) for each gender. For men, three countries received three quota spots each, six were allocated two spots, and five got one; for women, two countries received three spots, four got two, and two got one. The ranking of the countries for quota assignment was based on their third-highest, second-highest, or highest ranked athlete in total IBSF ranking over the qualification period. In addition, three quota spots are reserved for countries whose continent did not receive any representation based on this assignment procedure. </p><p>National Olympic Committees may send athletes other than the ones whose rankings earned the quota spot, but the athletes chosen must be ranked in the top 60 (for men) or top 45 (for women) on the IBSF list and meet similar experience requirements to those that apply to the World Cup.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, IBSF rule 4.1 provides that, for the purposes of determining the top 60 (or top 45) qualification, lower-ranking athletes from countries which have already received a full quota are "cleaned" from the list before an athlete's ordinal ranking is determined<sup id="cite_ref-rules-2017_11-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rules-2017-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This had the effect of allowing continental representatives for Africa into the 2018 games, as they would otherwise have been too low on the ranking list to qualify (notably, Nigerian slider <a href="/wiki/Simidele_Adeagbo" title="Simidele Adeagbo">Simidele Adeagbo</a> was ranked 74th before cleaning,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but was in the top 45 after application of rule 4.1). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Skeleton_(sport)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The accessibility of skeleton to <a href="/wiki/Amateur_sports" title="Amateur sports">amateurs</a> may have been the catalyst for its upswing in popularity. Most notably, <a href="/wiki/Nino_Bibbia" title="Nino Bibbia">Nino Bibbia</a>, a fruit and vegetable merchant from <a href="/wiki/St._Moritz" title="St. Moritz">St. Moritz</a>, Switzerland, took Olympic gold at the 1948 event.<sup id="cite_ref-BBSA_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBSA-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the advent of the first artificially refrigerated track in 1969 at <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6nigssee" title="Königssee">Königssee</a>/<a href="/wiki/Berchtesgaden" title="Berchtesgaden">Berchtesgaden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>, athletes are currently able to practice the sport regardless of weather conditions.<sup id="cite_ref-FIBT_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FIBT-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The sport is also promoted by skeleton officials as a gateway sport to "train young, aspiring athletes…for their future career in bobsleigh."<sup id="cite_ref-FIBT_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FIBT-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Track">Track</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Skeleton_(sport)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Track"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_bobsleigh,_luge,_and_skeleton_tracks" title="List of bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton tracks">List of bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton tracks</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sled">Sled</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Skeleton_(sport)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Sled"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"The 'toboggans' used in <a href="/wiki/Alpine_states" title="Alpine states">Alpine countries</a> at the end of the 19th century were inspired by Canadian/Indian sleds used for transport".<sup id="cite_ref-FIBT_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FIBT-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Various additions and redesigning efforts by athletes have led to the skeleton sleds used today. In 1892, L. P. Child introduced the "America", a new metal sled that revolutionized skeleton as a sport. The stripped-down design provided a compact sled with metal runners, and the design caught on quickly. In 1902, Arden Bott added a sliding seat to help athletes shift their weight forward and backward, a feature that is no longer included on modern sleds. </p><p>In 2010, the FIBT restricted the materials with which skeleton sleds are permitted to be made. Sled frames must be made of steel and may not include steering or braking mechanisms. The base plate, however, may be made of plastics. The handles and bumpers found along the sides of the sled help secure the athlete during a run.<sup id="cite_ref-rules_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rules-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Further specifications are included in the FIBT ruling regarding sled dimensions:<sup id="cite_ref-FIBT_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FIBT-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rules_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rules-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th>Maximum combined weight<br />(athlete + sled) </th> <th>Maximum<br />sled weight </th></tr> <tr> <th>Men </th> <td>115 kg (253.5 lb) </td> <td>43 kg (94.8 lb) </td></tr> <tr> <th>Women </th> <td> 102 kg (224.9 lb) </td> <td>38 kg (83.8 lb) </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Some athletes opt to attach ballasts if the combined weight of athlete and sled falls below the maximum combined weight. These ballasts may only be added to the sled, not the rider. </p> <ul><li>Dimensions: <ul><li>Length: 80–120 cm (31.5–47.2 in)</li> <li>Height: 8–20 cm (3.1–7.9 in)</li> <li>Distance between runners: 340–380 mm (13.4–15.0 in)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Equipment">Equipment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Skeleton_(sport)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Equipment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>alpine racing helmet with chin guard, or a skeleton-specific helmet</li> <li>skin-tight racing <a href="/wiki/Speedsuit" title="Speedsuit">speedsuit</a> made of uncoated textile material</li> <li>spiked shoes, similar to <a href="/wiki/Track_spikes" title="Track spikes">track spikes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goggles" title="Goggles">goggles</a> or face shields</li> <li>optional elbow and shoulder pads under their suits</li> <li>sled</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organizations">Organizations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Skeleton_(sport)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Organizations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Organization </th> <th>Description </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alberta_Skeleton_Association&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alberta Skeleton Association (page does not exist)">Alberta Skeleton Association</a> </td> <td>Located in <a href="/wiki/Calgary" title="Calgary">Calgary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alberta" title="Alberta">Alberta</a>, home of the <a href="/wiki/1988_Winter_Olympics" title="1988 Winter Olympics">1988 Winter Olympics</a>. Offers racing and tuition. Has produced international-level athletes. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bavarian Skeleton Club </td> <td>Established in 1969 in <a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a>, Germany, and headed by Senator Hans Riedmayer and Max Probst (himself a skeleton bob engineer), the club was important in organizing some of the first national and international skeleton events in <a href="/wiki/Konigsee" class="mw-redirect" title="Konigsee">Konigsee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tyrol_(state)" title="Tyrol (state)">Tirol</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia" title="Czechoslovakia">Czechoslovakia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BBSA_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBSA-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Brazilian_Ice_Sports_Federation" title="Brazilian Ice Sports Federation">Brazilian Ice Sports Federation</a> </td> <td>The Official Brazilian Bob Skeleton organization was established in 1996 in <a href="/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro" title="Rio de Janeiro">Rio de Janeiro</a>. Their website includes a great deal of information regarding the sport, its history, events, photographs, news and updates on athletes and the sport.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Bob_Skeleton_Association&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="British Bob Skeleton Association (page does not exist)">British Bob Skeleton Association</a> </td> <td>The Official British Bob Skeleton organization whose members include both athletes and fans. Their website includes a great deal of information regarding the sport, its history, events, photographs, news and updates on athletes and the sport.<sup id="cite_ref-BBSA_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBSA-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/International_Bobsleigh_and_Skeleton_Federation" title="International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation">International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation</a> </td> <td>Established in 1923 as Federation Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing (FIBT), and renamed in 2015, the FIBSF is the official governing body for the sport. Its headquarters are in <a href="/wiki/Lausanne" title="Lausanne">Lausanne</a>, Switzerland. </td></tr> <tr> <td>St. Moritz Tobogganing Club<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>A private club founded in 1887 by Major Bulpett of St. Moritz. Membership is selected from applicants on their "Supplementary List". St. Moritz is the birthplace of the sport. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Olympic_medal_table">Olympic medal table</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Skeleton_(sport)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Olympic medal table"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Skeleton_at_the_Winter_Olympics" title="Skeleton at the Winter Olympics">Skeleton at the Winter Olympics</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_skeleton" title="List of Olympic medalists in skeleton">List of Olympic medalists in skeleton</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Men">Men</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Skeleton_(sport)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Men"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Current Olympic champion: <span data-sort-value="01 !"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="1st place, gold medalist(s)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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style="width:4em;background-color:silver;color:#333">Silver</th><th scope="col" class="headerSort" style="width:4em;background-color:#c96;color:#333">Bronze</th><th scope="col" style="width:4em">Total</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_2018_Winter_Olympics" title="United States at the 2018 Winter Olympics">United States</a></th><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Canada_at_the_2018_Winter_Olympics" title="Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics">Canada</a></th><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><th scope="row" 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_Latvia_%283-2%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Latvia_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Latvia_at_the_2018_Winter_Olympics" title="Latvia at the 2018 Winter Olympics">Latvia</a></th><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Olympic_flag.svg/22px-Olympic_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Olympic_flag.svg/33px-Olympic_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Olympic_flag.svg/44px-Olympic_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Athletes_from_Russia_at_the_2018_Winter_Olympics" title="Olympic Athletes from Russia at the 2018 Winter Olympics">Olympic Athletes from Russia</a></th><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/22px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/33px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/44px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Austria_at_the_2018_Winter_Olympics" title="Austria at the 2018 Winter Olympics">Austria</a></th><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_2018_Winter_Olympics" title="Great Britain at the 2018 Winter Olympics">Great Britain</a></th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>3</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Switzerland.svg/20px-Flag_of_Switzerland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Switzerland.svg/30px-Flag_of_Switzerland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Switzerland.svg/40px-Flag_of_Switzerland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Switzerland_at_the_2018_Winter_Olympics" title="Switzerland at the 2018 Winter Olympics">Switzerland</a></th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>1</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="font-weight:bold">Totals (10 entries)</th><th style="font-weight:bold">7</th><th style="font-weight:bold">7</th><th style="font-weight:bold">7</th><th style="font-weight:bold">21</th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Women">Women</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Skeleton_(sport)&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Women"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Current Olympic champion: <span data-sort-value="01 !"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="1st place, gold medalist(s)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_2018_Winter_Olympics" title="Great Britain at the 2018 Winter Olympics">Great Britain</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(GBR)</span> <a href="/wiki/Lizzy_Yarnold" title="Lizzy Yarnold">Lizzy Yarnold</a> <span data-sort-value="02 !"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="2nd place, silver medalist(s)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/24px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/32px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/33px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/44px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Germany_at_the_2018_Winter_Olympics" title="Germany at the 2018 Winter Olympics">Germany</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(GER)</span> <a href="/wiki/Jacqueline_L%C3%B6lling" class="mw-redirect" title="Jacqueline Lölling">Jacqueline Lölling</a> <span data-sort-value="03 !"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="3rd place, bronze medalist(s)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/24px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/32px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_2018_Winter_Olympics" title="Great Britain at the 2018 Winter Olympics">Great Britain</a> <span style="font-size:90%;">(GBR)</span> <a href="/wiki/Laura_Deas" title="Laura Deas">Laura Deas</a> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1253789634"><table class="wikitable sortable sticky-header-multi plainrowheaders jquery-tablesorter" style="text-align:center"><caption></caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" style="color:inherit">Rank</th><th scope="col">Nation</th><th scope="col" class="headerSort" style="width:4em;background-color:gold;color:#333">Gold</th><th scope="col" class="headerSort" style="width:4em;background-color:silver;color:#333">Silver</th><th scope="col" class="headerSort" style="width:4em;background-color:#c96;color:#333">Bronze</th><th scope="col" style="width:4em">Total</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_Olympics" title="Great Britain at the Olympics">Great Britain</a></th><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_Olympics" title="United States at the Olympics">United States</a></th><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Switzerland.svg/20px-Flag_of_Switzerland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Switzerland.svg/30px-Flag_of_Switzerland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Switzerland.svg/40px-Flag_of_Switzerland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Switzerland_at_the_Olympics" title="Switzerland at the Olympics">Switzerland</a></th><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/33px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/44px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Germany_at_the_Olympics" title="Germany at the Olympics">Germany</a></th><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">5</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Canada_at_the_Olympics" title="Canada at the Olympics">Canada</a></th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/33px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Russia_at_the_Olympics" title="Russia at the Olympics">Russia</a></th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>1</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="font-weight:bold">Totals (6 entries)</th><th style="font-weight:bold">5</th><th style="font-weight:bold">5</th><th style="font-weight:bold">5</th><th style="font-weight:bold">15</th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Total_Olympic_ranking_(2018)"><span id="Total_Olympic_ranking_.282018.29"></span>Total Olympic ranking (2018)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Skeleton_(sport)&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Total Olympic ranking (2018)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1253789634"><table class="wikitable sortable sticky-header-multi plainrowheaders jquery-tablesorter" style="text-align:center"><caption></caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" style="color:inherit">Rank</th><th scope="col">Nation</th><th scope="col" class="headerSort" style="width:4em;background-color:gold;color:#333">Gold</th><th scope="col" class="headerSort" style="width:4em;background-color:silver;color:#333">Silver</th><th scope="col" class="headerSort" style="width:4em;background-color:#c96;color:#333">Bronze</th><th scope="col" style="width:4em">Total</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_Olympics" title="United States at the Olympics">United States</a></th><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>1</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_Olympics" title="Great Britain at the Olympics">Great Britain</a></th><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>5</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/44px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Canada_at_the_Olympics" title="Canada at the Olympics">Canada</a></th><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">4</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/33px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Russia_at_the_Olympics" title="Russia at the Olympics">Russia</a></th><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Switzerland.svg/20px-Flag_of_Switzerland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Switzerland.svg/30px-Flag_of_Switzerland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Switzerland.svg/40px-Flag_of_Switzerland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Switzerland_at_the_Olympics" title="Switzerland at the Olympics">Switzerland</a></th><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">6</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/33px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/44px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Italy_at_the_Olympics" title="Italy at the Olympics">Italy</a></th><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/22px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/33px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/44px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/South_Korea_at_the_Olympics" title="South Korea at the Olympics">South Korea</a></th><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/33px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/44px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Germany_at_the_Olympics" title="Germany at the Olympics">Germany</a></th><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/33px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Latvia_at_the_Olympics" title="Latvia at the Olympics">Latvia</a></th><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">10</td><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/22px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/33px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/44px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Austria_at_the_Olympics" title="Austria at the Olympics">Austria</a></th><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Olympic_flag.svg/22px-Olympic_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Olympic_flag.svg/33px-Olympic_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Olympic_flag.svg/44px-Olympic_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Athletes_from_Russia_at_the_2018_Winter_Olympics" title="Olympic Athletes from Russia at the 2018 Winter Olympics">Olympic Athletes from Russia</a></th><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>1</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="font-weight:bold">Totals (11 entries)</th><th style="font-weight:bold">12</th><th style="font-weight:bold">12</th><th style="font-weight:bold">12</th><th style="font-weight:bold">36</th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Brain_injury">Brain injury</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Skeleton_(sport)&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Brain injury"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Both skeleton and its sister sport, bobsledding, have been associated with traumatic brain injury, a phenomenon known as "sled head". 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060115033803/http://www.torino2006.org/ENG/OlympicGames/sport_ed_atleti/sn_regole.html">Torino 2006 Skeleton rules</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ibsf.org/en/">Federation Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Toboganning (FIBT)</a> World governing body.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130620164032/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Bobsled-Skeleton-Federation">USA Bobsled and Skeleton Federation (USBSF)</a> Governing body for the sports of bobsled and skeleton in the USA.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bobsleigh.ca/">Bobsleigh CANADA Skeleton</a> Governing body for the sports of bobsled and skeleton in Canada.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.albertaskeleton.ca/">Alberta Skeleton Association</a> The Provincial governing body for the sport of Skeleton in Alberta.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external 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