Australian Jaclyn Narracott admits it took a significant change of mindset to help her claim silver at the Beijing Winter Olympics in the women’s skeleton – the bobsled event in which competitors hurl themselves down a curving track at speeds of 130 kilometres per hour, with mere centimetres between their chin and the ice.
What does it take to deliver a medal-winning performance in skeleton, which involves racing down a banked track faster than a car on a freeway, with your face mere centimetres from the ice?
In the early morning hours, on Saturday, Feb. 12, Breckenridge resident Katie Uhlaender returned for the finale of the women’s skeleton competition at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, China. On Thursday, Feb. 10,.