Mystique Ro and Austin Florian finished in fifth as the 2025-26 IBSF skeleton World Cup season kicked off in Cortina.

Connecticut native and skeleton athlete Austin Florian finished as the top-performing individual American athlete in his first Winter Olympic Games, with the men's singles competition wrapping up ...

Southington's Austin Florian teamed up with Ro Mystique in the Olympic debut of the Skeleton Mixed Team event on Sunday at the Cortina Sliding Centre. The American duo set a track record of 2 minutes, ...

Austin Florian and Mystique Ro, winners of the mixed skeleton world championship last season, were announced Monday as two of the four members of the U.S. team that will compete in the head-first ...

Venom was going for gold. The Marvel comic book character wasn’t competing in the Olympics, of course, but it sure looked like he was. His white eyes and sharp teeth glided down the ice at ...

Austin Florian has wrapped up his competitions at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on a high note. Florian, of Southington, and his teammate, Mystique Ro, finished in seventh place in the skeleton ...

Austin Florian’s Connecticut roots are planted in Southington, and today, people across the town gathered to watch him compete in his first Olympics. “It’s very exciting to be here,” said Barbara ...

Olympic skeleton racer Austin Florian of Southington saved his best run for last on Friday and finished 12th in his first Olympic Games in Cortina, Italy. After his fourth run on the Cortina Sliding ...