The sport was named when someone commented that a new metal sled, first used in 1892, resembled a skeleton.
Skeleton is an Olympic sport similar to bobsleigh. It is on the same tracks as the bobsleigh and luge. love, hannnananana
an Olympic sport=the skeleton
A skeleton sled.
Skeleton is an Olympic sport similar to bobsleigh. It is on the same tracks as the bobsleigh and luge. love, hannnananana
yes In 1926, it was declared an official Olympic sport. Skeleton is another name for tobogganing.
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From 1928 - 1948 and from 2002 - present.
Because the toboggan used by athletes resembles the human skeleton.
English soldiers in the late 19th century
The sport was named when someone commented that a new metal sled, first used in 1892, resembled a skeleton.
its a sport called skeleton.
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.