US bidding for world and Olympic team skeleton double
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CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy -- The United States is the most successful skeleton nation in Winter Olympic history but with most of those medals now gathering dust, the arrival of the new mixed relay at Cortina is a timely opportunity to get back on the podium.
The two American men's golds came in 1928 and 2002, with the solitary women's gold also coming on home ice i