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.
Luge is the only one of the three where the racer starts on the sled. The racer, lying feet-first, yanks themselves forward off a pair of rods at the start of the track. Skeleton features a similar sled to luge, but the racer sprints for about 40 meters before jumping head-first onto the sled.