Full Speed Ahead for Downhill Daredevils

Skeleton time is here, time for the one day of men’s and women’s singles in the hell-bent, down-the-hill, face-first race on a tiny sled at 80 mph that is being contested in the Olympics for only the third time, and the first since St. Moritz in 1948. Americans have won three of the six medals awarded in this event--the women’s category is a first-ever--and leading contenders to keep up this U.S. domination are Chris Soule and Jim Shea Jr. in the men’s and LeaAnn Parsley in the women’s.