With the 2026 Winter Olympics underway, here's a guide on the high-speed sledding sports: luge, skeleton and bobsleigh.

Below is a selection of facts about bobsleigh, luge and skeleton at the Winter Olympics: The Eugenio Monti Sliding Centre track in Cortina D'Ampezzo is named after the Italian bobsledder who won two Olympic golds and nine world championships in the 1950s and 60s.

The biggest rivalry going into the bobsled competition at the Milan Cortina Olympics is pretty much not in dispute. On one side, there is Germany. And on the other side, there is everybody else. The sport made its Olympic debut in 1924 and Germany didn't ...