Skeleton is a sport in which you race against the clock. Athletes will slide down an icy slope on a sled lying on their stomach, head first. Each athlete completes four races. Only six medals are awarded: 3 to women and three to men. The athlete with the fastest time over their four races combined wins. Men and women compete separately, so there will be one gold medal for a woman, one gold medal for a man, and so on. If two athletes achieve the same time in total, they will be tied and arrive at the same place. It is prohibited to heat the runners of a sled or any other object that could facilitate sliding. They test the runners' temperature at the start of the race by referring to a reference runner who has been exposed for an hour before the start of the race to regular open air, the athletes' runners must be within four degrees Celsius from the reference runner. originally from Saint-Moritz in Switzerland. It originated from an idea by Caspar Badrutt in the late 1860s. It received its name in 1892 when a new metal sled came out that resembled a skeleton. It appeared twice at the Olympic Games, in St. Moritz for men in 1928 and 1948. Then, at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, it became a sport for both men and women. women. The skeleton has some problems and controversies. The American skeleton coach was suspended in late 2005 and early 2006 following allegations of sexual harassment, but no supporting evidence was found and he was later reinstated as coach of the women's team . Zach Lund was banned from competition for a year for using finasteride. That ban also included the 2006 Winter Olympics and forced him to forfeit a silver medal at the November World Cup. Finasteride is a drug that could be used to cover up evidence of use...... middle of paper ...... Sliding center is also used for bobsleigh and luge. The venue costs around $76.5 million. The length used for competitions can range from 1384 to 1500 meters. The track has 18 curves/turns. The altitude at which the athlete would start would be approximately 836 m with an elevation gain of approximately 131.9 m, leaving the arrival altitude at approximately 711.5 m. This sport is linked to geography because it is a very small section in one of the two main branches. of geography. The two main branches of geography are human and physical, this would be sub-human. Below the human branch would be many smaller branches that would grow into even smaller branches. This sport would fall under the cultural branch of the human branch because it is part of the Olympics, and the Olympics is a cultural event where many countries around the world come together and participate in multiple events/sports with each other..