This growth led to the creation of the FIBT in 1923 with inclusion into the International Olympic Committee (IOC) the following year.

Also, bobsleigh was not included in the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California for cost reasons in track construction.

The development of artificially refrigerated tracks in the late 1960s and early 1970s would greatly enhance speeds.

The 2-woman bobsleigh event had their first World Championships in Winterberg, Germany, in 2000 and debuted at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

[2] In 2016 the IBSF introduced mono-bob as another discipline for youth competitions and as a women's event at the adult level.

At the 1954 IOC meeting in Athens, Greece, skeleton was replaced by luge on the official Olympic program.

By 1986, the FIBT started funding skeleton and introduced training schools worldwide to grow the sport.

Skeleton was reintroduced in the Winter Olympic program when the IOC allowed competition for the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City, US.

In each discipline there is an athlete that sits up front and controls the bobsled using the rings and ropes the steer the runners.

The rear-most athlete is referred to as the Brakeman and pulls the brakes in the bobsled once the run is complete and the sled has crossed the finish line.