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(Encyclopedia) skeleton, in winter sports, a type of small, very low, steel-frame sled on which one person, lying face down, slides headfirst down snowy hillsides or down steeply banked, curving,…Tirano
(Encyclopedia) TiranoTiranotēräˈnō [key], town (1991 pop. 8,919), Lombardy, N Italy, on the Adda River, in the Valtellina, near the Swiss border. It is an agricultural and silk market. Nearby is the…Segantini, Giovanni
(Encyclopedia) Segantini, GiovanniSegantini, Giovannijōvänˈnē sāgäntēˈnē [key], 1858–99, Italian painter, b. in the Tyrol. A herder in his youth, he is known for his portrayal of Alpine peasant…Saint Moritz
(Encyclopedia) Saint MoritzSaint Moritzsānt môrˈĭts, mərĭtsˈ [key], Ger. Sankt Moritz, town (1990 est. pop. 5,300), Grisons canton, SE Switzerland, in the Upper Engadine, on the Lake of St. Moritz.…Engadine
(Encyclopedia) EngadineEngadineĕngˈgədēn [key], Romansh EngiadinaEngadineĕnjädēˈnä [key], valley of the upper Inn River, Grisons canton, E Switzerland, in the Rhaetian Alps. It extends for c.60 mi (…bobsledding
(Encyclopedia) bobsledding, winter sport in which a bobsled—a partially enclosed vehicle with steerable sledlike runners, accommodating two or four persons—hurtles down a course of iced, steeply…2022 Winter Olympics: Skeleton
Face first down an icy track Source: AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, FileRelated Links 2022 Winter Olympics Skeleton Through the Years Olympic Preview: Luge Did You Know?…Winter Olympics: Skeleton
Face first down an icy track Related Links 2014 Winter OlympicsSkeleton Through the YearsOlympic Preview: Luge Did You Know? American Jennison Heaton won the first skeleton gold medal…Winter Olympics: Skeleton
Face first down an icy track by Gerry Brown and Christine Frantz Related Links 2010 Winter Olympics2006 Skeleton Medal ResultsSkeleton Through the YearsOlympic Preview: Luge Did You Know…2018 Winter Olympics: Skeleton
Face first down an icy track Source: AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, FileRelated Links 2018 Winter Olympics Skeleton Through the Years Olympic Preview: Luge Did You Know?…Trending
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