Category: skeleton

T. Rex Skeleton Sells for More Than $5 Million at Zurich Auction

BERN, Switzerland—Nearly 300 Tyrannosaurus rex bones that were dug up from three sites in the United States and assembled into a single skeleton sold Tuesday at an auction in Switzerland for 4.8 million francs ($5.3 million), below the expected price. Crafted into an open-mouth pose, the T. rex skeleton measuring 11.6 meters long (38 feet…


Skeleton Medalist Out of Beijing Olympics With Virus

MOSCOW—Skeleton silver medalist Nikita Tregubov and one of his teammates will miss the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing after contracting the coronavirus and other athletes are also in doubt, Russian officials said Monday. “Yesterday it became clear that there was no longer a chance of making it,” Tregubov wrote on Instagram. He said he felt…