Can We Survive Skeleton Racing with a World Champion?

Skeleton Racing, Winter Olympics, Extreme Sport at 90MPH – Training with World Champion Matt Weston

How hard is it to train like a Skeleton racer, one of the most dangerous sports in the Winter Olympics? We found out – the hard way. Racing head-first down an icy track at speeds up to 90MPH, this extreme winter sport is not for the faint-hearted.

We teamed up with World Champion Matt Weston to train like elite athletes... kind of... and see what it takes to break a track record. Stuart and Archie from Great Big Story take on the challenge of a lifetime.

Watch as we uncover the secrets of Skeleton racing, push our physical limits, and race against time in one of the fastest and most thrilling Olympic sports on Earth.

00:00 Introduction
01:06 Ice Ice Baby. Meet World Champion Matt Weston
01:36 Double trouble
01:48 Skeleton Training
02:34 Skeleton Racing History
04:39 Practice
05:30 The RACE
07:31 The RACE (Part 2)

Lead Producer - Stuart Smillie
Producer - Archie Brydon
Camera - Matt Taylor
Editor - Steven Kelly

Special thanks Matt Weston, and to ‪@IBSFsliding‬ for providing us with some footage.

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