Skeleton


 * [[image:96722312_08imgTeaser-Fg.jpg]][[image:skeleton_1.png]]Not Just Something You See on Halloween. [[image:96854448_00imgTeaser-wM.jpg]] **

When you think of skeleton what do you think of? You might think of Halloween. Believe it or not, there is a winter sport called Skeleton. Skeleton started as a winter sport in 1924; the first winter Olympics ever. It was called Skeleton because the board was originally shaped like your body. The rules are really quite simple. You have four heats or also known as races and the best time combined win. Skeleton isn’t a popular winter sport because from 1928 to 2002 it got discontinued from the Olympics. In Torino, Italy, during the 2006 Skeleton was brought back as an Olympic sport. This is how you participate in Skeleton. First you make a running start, and then you jump on your board, lying down on your stomach, going about 120 kilometers down a slope. How does that sound? You steer by shifting your body left to right. Here is a tip for you; if you move your neck you would most likely break it because of the G-force. So don’t try that. The differences in the times happen when you get a better running start as inside of the track as possible. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Jon Montgomery of Canada had won the gold medal for men’s skeleton. Martins Dukurs brought home the silver for Latvia. The Russian Federation got the bronze with Alexander Tretyakow winning it. For the woman’s heats Amy Williams won the gold. Kerstin Szymkowiak won the silver. Anja Huber won the bronze. You now know that Skeleton is not only a thing you see on Halloween. You know how to participate and all the equipment you need go have fun, trying it out. No injuries charged for.