Everything you need to know about skeleton, the Olympic sport that sends athletes hurtling head first down icy tracks at 90 miles an hour

Matthias Hangst/Getty Images Skeleton is a Winter Olympics sport that dates back to the 1880s. Events take place on a track made of ice. In Pyeongchang, the skeleton track is 1,376 meters long. Skeleton athletes push sleds as fast as they can, then jump on and speed head first down the track, using minor shifts in body weight to steer. They can slide at speeds greater than 90 miles per hour. It's really rough on the body. There is no shortage of intense sports at the Winter Olympics. Snowboardin...