Did I hear correctly that there is some ice sport called “Skeleton”? I swore they said it was one of the ice [track] sports like luge and bobsled. But, what is it? I cannot recall ever hearing of it prior to this Winter Olympics. Can someone explain?
Wikipedia is your friend.
It’s basically the Luge head first instead of feet first.
Same as the luge but you go headfirst.:eek::eek::eek:
When did they start this? Is it relatively new?
It became an official sport again in 2002. So this is the third olympics since 1948. Fifth olympics overall. So, it’s “relatively new,” depending on your definition of “relative.”
Also from Wikipedia, the first year it was recognized as an Olympic sport by the IOC was 1926.
I remember it getting quite a bit of hype in 2002, what with it being head-first luge and all. Pretty sexy in that “extreme sport” sort of way. If you follow the Winter Olympics at all, it’s not something you’d miss, I’d think.
The other difference is Luge is done on your back, Skeleton is on your stomach.
Flip those positions around and then we’d be talking real excitement!
I think you mean Skeleton (sport) - Wikipedia, don’t you? 
I’m amazed there’s no wikipedia entry with all this information.
Jinx has been ignoring Wikipedia for most of the 10+ years he’s been a member here. 
I agree with RedFury about which way each should be run. Take skeleton’s head-first position, put you on your back to do it, and THEN let’s talk about excitement!!!
I can’t wait for when they do it in a hamster ball.
Like the scene out of the Pirates of the Caribbean movie?
I did something similar once as a kid on accident. It would take more than a hunk of gold and a Wheaties endorsment to do it again. :eek:
At the porn Olympics I understand they do a combined form of the two both coed and same sex.
Asked this in another thread but no answer: Is the Skeleton done on the same track as luge and bobsled? Are starts at different places? Because if luge killed a guy on his back, then I can see a lot of necks broken doing it head first