Fact of the day

The first athlete to be disqualified from the Olympics for using a banned substance was Swedish pentathlete Hans-Grunner Liljenwall, who tested positive for excessive alcohol at the 1968 Games in Mexico City after drinking several beers before the competition. 

Skeleton News

Winter Olympic gold medallist Amy Williams retires from sport

By Mike Rowbottom

Amy Williams_02-05-12May 2 - Britain's Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic gold medallist Amy Williams has announced her immediate retirement from skeleton.
 

World skeleton champion Katie Uhlaender seeks weightlifting place at London 2012

By Mike Rowbottom

Katie Uhlaender_27-02-121February 27 - American bob skeleton competitor Katie Uhlaender (pictured), who won a surprise victory at the World Championships in Lake Placid at the weekend, has already set her sights on another sporting accomplishment.
   

Yarnold adds world skeleton bronze to world junior title as Britons take three of top five places

By Mike Rowbottom

Lizzy Yarnold_on_bobFebruary 24 - Lizzie Yarnold (pictured) has completed an outstanding breakthrough season in bob skeleton by taking the bronze medal for Britain at her first World Championship in Lake Placid.
   

Rudman dedicates first Skeleton World Cup title to father

By Mike Rowbottom

Shelley Rudman_close_upFebruary 10 - Britain's Shelley Rudman has won her first overall Skeleton bobsleigh World Cup title after three consecutive years of finishing runner-up.
   

Whistler bronze sets Rudman up for World Cup title tilt in Calgary

By Mike Rowbottom

Shelly Rudman_3_FebFebruary 3 - Britain's Shelley Rudman claimed bronze at the Skeleton Bobsleigh World Cup in Whistler to give herself an improved chance of earning the World Cup title when the final event takes place in Calgary next week.
   

Britain's Lizzy Yarnold wins World Junior Skeleton title in Austria

By Mike Rowbottom

Lizzy Yarnold_on_bob_skeletonJanuary 27 – Lizzy Yarnold has won Skeleton gold in the World Junior Championships in Igls, Austria, going one better than the silver she won in the event last year.
   

Top six finish for Bromley at World Championships

By Mike Rowbottom

kristan_bromley2February 25 - Britain's Kristan Bromley finished sixth at the Skeleton World Championships in Konigssee, Germany this morning.