The sport of skeleton racing first became an Olympic sport
in 1928. Skeleton racers slide down an icy course at very
high speed on a simple sled. The sled is called a skeleton
because early sleds looked like human skeletons.
"I didn't start skeleton until I was 30," said American
Skeleton racer Zach Gale. "While bribing, my girlfriend and I
took a wrong turn at Lake Placid, New York; that's where
the 1980 Winter Olympics took place. They were offering
skeleton classes that afternoon. My girlfriend said, 'Why
don't we give it a try?' It was fun! I fell in love with it.