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The Winter Olympics feature a variety of sledding sports.
Two of the most well known are bobsled and luge. And then there's skeleton.
From the name to the sport itself, skeleton is a bit more of an unknown.
So here's some of what you need to know.
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What is skeleton at the Olympics?
Skeleton is the sledding sport at the Olympics that features the competitor facing head-first down the track.
The competitor lies on their stomach, face down.
It was a part of the 1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics, then didn't return until 2002.
Why is it called skeleton?
The sport of skeleton is named after the first metal sleds.
When they were first introduced in 1892, they looked like a human skeleton.
Skeleton most closely resembles luge, which has sleds that are somewhat similar but instead has the competitor on their back and going down the track feet first.
The United States won the first gold medal in skeleton, back in 1928, and also won gold in 2002.
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