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The sport was named when someone commented that a new metal sled, first used in 1892, resembled a skeleton.

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What country first proposed the winter olympic games as separate from the traditional olympic games

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What is the olympic sport skeleton?

Skeleton is an Olympic sport similar to bobsleigh. It is on the same tracks as the bobsleigh and luge. love, hannnananana


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Name the vehicle used in the Olympic sport of skeleton?

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What sport is the skeleton?

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Was the skeleton a real sport in the Olympics?

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What is is the worst injury in the Olympic sport the skeleton?

death by crashing


How long has the sport Skeleton been an olympic sport?

From 1928 - 1948 and from 2002 - present.


How did the Olympic sport Skeleton got its name?

Because the toboggan used by athletes resembles the human skeleton.


Who invented skeleton the olympic sport?

English soldiers in the late 19th century


Why is skeleton sport called skeleton sport?

The sport was named when someone commented that a new metal sled, first used in 1892, resembled a skeleton.


What was the worlds first sliding sport?

its a sport called skeleton.


When did skeleton become an Olympic sport?

Skeleton has been an official Winter Olympic sport on five occasions - as a men's competition only in 1928 (St. Moritz) and 1948 (St. Moritz), and as a men's and women's competition in 2002 (Salt Lake City), 2006 (Turin), and will be contested once again as an Olympic sport in Vancouver in February 2010.

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