Testing Begins at Cortina's Controversial Olympic Sliding Track for Bobsled, Luge and Skeleton ROME (AP) — When Italian skeleton competitor Mattia Gaspari became the first athlete to test the ...

When Italian skeleton competitor Mattia Gaspari became the first athlete to test the controversial sliding track for next year’s Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, he did so in a sort of tunnel under a ...

In late March, sliding athletes from around the world conducted initial tests on a sliding track that Italian officials are building for the 2026 Winter Olympics. Lake Placid sliding venues have been ...