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. Unlike the luge/skeleton sleds, which fit entirely under the racer, bobsleds are basically sliding snowcars. After a sprinting start, competitors hop into the sled. While there is a two-man luge, bobsled is the only one of the three that is exclusively a team sport, with two- and four-man teams. Also, while lugers and skeleton people control their sled just by angling their bodies in different ways, the bobsled has a steering mechanism, controlled by the driver.