The men's

skeleton A skeleton is the structural frame that supports the body of an animal. There are several types of skeletons, including the exoskeleton, which is the stable outer shell of an organism, the endoskeleton, which forms the support structure inside ...

event at the

2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

took place at the

Sliding Center Sanki The Sliding Center Sanki (Санки) (a.k.a. the Sanki Sliding Center) is a bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track located in Rzhanaya Polyana, Russia, 60 km (37 mi) northeast of Sochi. Located in the Western Caucasus. The venue hosted the ...

on 14–15 February. The gold medal won in this event featured

Chelyabinsk meteor The Chelyabinsk meteor was a superbolide that entered Earth's atmosphere over the southern Ural (region), Ural region in Russia on 15 February 2013 at about 09:20 Yekaterinburg Time, YEKT (03:20 Coordinated Universal Time, UTC). It was caused ...

fragments to commemorate the first anniversary of this meteor strike.

Competition

In the first run, Aleksandr Tretyakov established the track record (55.95) and the start record (4.47).

Results

TR – Track Record. Top finish in each run is in boldface. On 22 November 2017, gold medalist Aleksandr Tretyakov was stripped of his gold medal. On 27 November 2017, the results by

Sergey Chudinov Sergey Sergeyevich Chudinov (russian: Сергей Сергеевич Чудинов; born June 8, 1983 in Chusovoy) is a Russian skeleton racer who has competed since 2003. Chudinov's best result is a victory at Lake Placid during the 20 ...

were annulled as well. On 1 February 2018, their results were restored as a result of the decision of CAS

References

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