Skeleton News

From Igls, Austria You’ll hear some sliders say that they’re using this week’s race in Igls as a prep for the coming World Championships.  If that’s the case for Martins Dukurs, the rest of the […]

From Igls, Austria About a season ago I ran out of ways to explain how much better than everyone else Martins Dukurs is.  To demonstrate it today, the track’s been described as a little slow […]

From Igls, Austria Elena Nikitina needed a flawless run to beat America’s Noelle Pikus-Pace.  Nikitina found speed on all parts of the track and takes gold in just her third race at the World Cup […]

From Königssee, Germany Last season Martins Dukurs lost exactly once, on the icy slope of Königssee.  Having already gotten his one loss out of the way this year, Dukurs took out last year’s frustration on the […]

From Königssee, Germany There are two certainties in life: It’s going to snow something awful in Königssee on race day, and Latvian Martins Dukurs is going to have the lead in a men’s skeleton race.  Today the […]