Skeleton Headlines

• Canada, Germany rule Lake Placid Posted Nov 20 7:13p ET Canada's Mellisa Hollingsworth and Frank Rommel of Germany claimed top spots in Lake Placid on Friday, leaving the U.S. without a medal for the second straight week in a row in the 2009-10 Skeleton World Cup campaign.
  
• Americans fall short in World Cup skeleton openers Posted Nov 13 2:46p ET Latvia's Martins Dukurs won the men's World Cup start to this Olympic season, finishing in 1 minute, 39.75 seconds on the 2002 Salt Lake City Games track. In the women's race, which was cut to one run because of heavy snow, Germany's Anja Huber prevailed by 0.14 seconds over Canada's Amy Gough.
• For Daly, Olympic skeleton shot surprised himself Posted Nov 11 12:56p ET When the first World Cup skeleton race of the season opens Nov. 12, many of the most accomplished sliders in the sport will be on the starting line. Smithtown, N.Y. native John Daly will also be there to make his World Cup debut.
  
• U.S. skeleton, bobsled teams sliding for causes Posted Nov 14 11:56a ET Knowing plenty of eyes will be on their sleds during the Olympic season, the U.S. bobsled and skeleton teams have come up with a way to capitalize. They're sliding for causes this winter.
• Pikus-Pace aiming for fairytale finish Posted Sep 10 Pikus-Pace was the Olympic favorite in 2006 until an out-of-control bobsled shattered her right leg 114 days before the Turin Games in a horrifying crash. Her Olympic quest continues with her sights set on Vancouver.
  
• Olympic training to begin for U.S. skeleton, bobsled Posted Oct 26 11:21a ET The new U.S. World Cup teams headed to western Canada on Sunday for two weeks of training on the track that will be used for the Vancouver Olympics this February.
  
• Iraqi athlete on a headfirst try to reach Olympics Posted Nov 10 2:17p ET

  Faisal Faisal hopes to finally represent his country in an Olympic Games this February in Vancouver.

• Pikus-Pace added to the U.S. World Cup squad Posted Oct 28 7:28a ET Noelle Pikus-Pace -- the 2005 World Cup champion -- will compete for the U.S. World Cup skeleton team.
• Uhlaender to miss U.S. team trials Posted Oct 15 9:45a ET Former World Cup skeleton champion Katie Uhlaender will not compete in the U.S. national team trials that begin Wednesday morning in Lake Placid, N.Y.
• Uhlaender speaks out on Vancouver track access Posted Oct 27 9:08a ET American skeleton racer Katie Uhlaender became the latest athlete to complain about the access organizers of the Vancouver Games are granting to their Olympic venues.
• Lund makes World Cup sliding team Posted Oct 26 8:01a ET Zach Lund took a big step toward finally competing in the Olympics by qualifying for the United States' World Cup skeleton team on Saturday at Park City, Utah.