Here is the full Olympic skeleton schedule for the 2026 Winter Games.

Winter Olympics: What is skeleton and how does it work? - Everything you need to know about Britain’s most successful winter sport

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych is ready to risk disqualification after being warned that Olympic chiefs will enforce their ban if he wears his “helmet of memory” in competition on Thursday.

"We have members of Olympic family, part of Olympic movement, and they don't even want to honor them," Vladyslav Heraskevych said of the International Olympic Committee

Just days before the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics are set to begin, U.S. skeleton racer Katie Uhlaender is still fighting for a spot. The American is at the center of a controversy after the Canadian skeleton team made a decision at a recent race that ultimately cost her a sixth Olympic appearance.

The United States is the most successful skeleton nation in Winter Olympic history but with most of those medals now gathering dust, the arrival of the new mixed relay at Cortina is a timely opportunity to get back on the podium.

Skeleton is an exhilarating Winter Olympic sport in which athletes race head-first down an ice track at speeds reaching over 80 miles per hour (130km/h). While the event can look basic at first glance,