As of 2011, only one location remained open, in the western Denver suburb of Lakewood, Colorado. There was also a northern Arizona chain of Mexican restaurants using the Casa Bonita name founded in 2003. Locations included Flagstaff, Cottonwood, Lake Havasu, Prescott, Prescott Valley, Sedona, and Paradise Valley.
But at least compared with all the other petrifying Olympic sliding sports, skeleton isnât as fast as youâd think. Matthew Antoine of the United States won bronze in menâs skeleton today with a maximum speed of 129.2 km/hr, or 80.3 mph.
At the end of the run, the slider slows the skeleton to a stop by dragging his or her feet along the icy track. Skeleton events were part of the 1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics, but did not make the schedule again for many years. In 2002, skeleton returned to the Winter Olympic schedule with competitions for both men and women. For both the men's and women's competitions, the sliders make two runs in one day that are each timed to 0.01 seconds.