Each discipline involves athletes hurtling down a slippery track with hopes of crossing the finish line with the fastest time. However, there are significant differences between each sport. Here's a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Olympics are comprised of the best of the best athletes at their given craft. They work day in and day out to become experts, ...

Jeff Gadley‘s life changed when a stranger in a car tailed him on a decathlon training run in Plattsburgh, N.Y., in 1978. The driver was Al Hachigian, a veteran U.S. bobsledder on the lookout for new ...

Six Flags Great Escape will retire the Alpine Bobsled ride. Here, guests race down the mountain track from an elevation of 64 feet, reaching a top speed of 35 mph on the 1500-foot course. The Alpine ...

Kaillie Humphries and Elana Meyers Taylor – two of the United States' most accomplished, resilient, and compelling athletes – race the first monobob heats Saturday night. The bobsledders look to ...

At the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Team USA has been struggling to win gold. There were some hope today. Two pairs of American athletes went into their events as the best in the world. And we're going ...

The Germans got back into top-rung international competition, for the first time since World War II, in the two-man world bobsled championships. But not without a preliminary hassle. L’Alpe-d’Huez, ...