Skeleton: how to hurtle down an ice-track on a ‘tea tray’ – Winter Olympics video

Skeleton is a winter sport in which competitors hurl themselves head-first down an ice track on a sled resembling a tea tray and back in the news again thanks to the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. Before the 2014 Games, Barry Glendenning visited the University of Bath to try out the sport, getting some tips from the soon-to-be-gold-medallist Lizzy Yarnold, who is among the favourites again in 2018