Beijing 2022 has launched its first international test events as part of the preparations for February's Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, with the sliding track in the Yanqing cluster used by athletes, including American double bobsleigh world champion Kaillie Humphries.

Jeff Pain has been appointed as the new head coach of the Austrian national skeleton team by the Austrian Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (ÖBSV).

Austin Florian and Mystique Ro triumphed in the first USA Skeleton Push Championships, held at the new iced start house at Mount Van Hoevenberg in Lake Placid.

Greg Rutherford has been named in the British bobsleigh team for the forthcoming World Cup season as he looks to become the first athlete from his country to win both Summer and Winter Olympic medals.

Anders Huuse, leader of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) Audit Committee for 23 years, has been made an honorary member of the IBSF.

Winterberg and Lake Placid are set to host the 2024 and 2025 International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Championships respectively, it has been announced.

German bobsleigh pilot Hans-Peter Hannighofer has been forced to withdraw from the 2021-2022 International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) season after suffering a serious knee injury during training in Oberhof.

The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) will award the 2024 and 2025 World Championships at its upcoming annual Congress.

USA Bobsled and Skeleton (USABS) has named its bobsleigh and skeleton teams for the forthcoming winter season, with two-times Olympic champion and current world champion Kaillie Humphries the headline name.

Montell Douglas and Nick Gleeson have been named as the British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association’s (BBSA) athlete representatives for Britain’s bobsleigh teams for the forthcoming winter season.

A group of seven potential Olympic stars in skeleton began their training in Bath in England this week after being selected in a nationwide talent identification campaign launched by British Skeleton to find success at Milan Cortina 2026.

Chinese bobsleigh team technical coach and performance analyst Florian Linder has claimed he has been encouraged by the standard of the athletes as he continues to prepare the squad for their home Winter Olympic Games in Beijing.

USA Bobsled and Skeleton (USABS) has added Erickson Metals Corporation to its growing sponsorship portfolio after agreeing a partnership with the company.

Dr Andreas Lotz, former President of the Austrian Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation, has died at the age of 67.