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.
Oliver Lang/ Agence France-Presse-- Getty Images. Luge is the fastest of the sliding sports, with athletes reaching 90 miles an hour on an ice track. Men and women compete in singles, and the men have a doubles event. Competitors ride on sleds on their backs with their feet first. Racers begin by sitting on open fiberglass sleds, then pull on fixed handles in the ice to burst out of the start.