How Fast Is Wooden Toboggan?

A traditional wooden toboggan reaches 72 km/h on a long slope. Olympic skeleton athletes hit 130 km/h going head-first on what is essentially a more dangerous toboggan — 14× faster than walking, just centimetres above the ice.

Olympic skeleton athletes hit 130 km/h face-down on a tray — just centimetres of ice between them and the surface.

• 14× faster than walking
• Skeleton athletes go 1.8× faster, head-first