Speeding across all continents
Bob and skeleton are synonymous with speed and exhilaration. During a typical 60-second bobsleigh run, speeds of more than 140 km/h are reached and the crews are subject to more than four times the force of gravity. Bobsleigh and skeleton races are usually run on concrete based tracks with artificial ice surfaces; have a standard length of 1,500 metres and up to 14 curves, depending on the track. There are now 14 tracks in operation worldwide.

Bobsleigh’s top competitions are the FIBT World Cup and the FIBT World Championships, which are staged annually except during Olympic years.

Skeleton – elite image
Skeleton is the world’s first sliding sport and the only one where athletes take a face down position.  It has an elite aura through its long identification with the world-famous Olympia Bob Club and its adjacent Cresta-Run in St Moritz, one of the world’s most exclusive sporting clubs. The run is unique – it is natural and still built from scratch every year using the natural contours of the valley and earth banks to provide a framework on which to pile the snow.

Skeleton competition returned to the Olympic Winter Games in 2002 with men’s and women’s competition in Park City, Utah, ending its 54-year absence from the world’s most prestigious sports competition. Participation in skeleton has increased significantly as a result of its return to the Olympic programme. Today, skeleton is practiced on a competitive level by some 30 countries from all continents.

Amongst the most successful winter sports
FIBT’s events are amongst the most successful winter sports. Over the last five years, there has been 64% growth in the cumulative audience (across all disciplines) and the hours of coverage have grown five-fold – up a huge 364% from 2004/05.

In the 2008/2009 season, FIBT World Cup competitions (bobsleigh and skeleton) were broadcast across 20 national TV stations in 60 countries reaching a cumulative viewing audience of more than 669.2 million and a total transmission time of more than 1,100 hours, 52% up on the previous year.

Specific segmented media packages

Infront handles the worldwide media rights for the men’s and women’s FIBT World Cup and World Championship events, including TV, radio, internet and mobile communications, offering specific, segmented packages. This includes live, delayed and highlights coverage.

Infront offers an upgraded international feed for general distribution and a post-race highlights package for rights holders.

FIBT high quality production
The in-house television production, overseen by the FIBT, guarantees the technical control to ensure quality pictures that capture the fast, dynamic drama of the sport - a cutting edge standard that the FIBT has pioneered over the past 10 years to meet the key criteria of the sponsors as well as the fans and broadcasters across all markets.