The Jamaican bobsled team became a cult favorite with their debut in the 1988 Games in Calgary. The Caribbean team had never even seen snow when they began to train, mostly with push-carts. They returned to the Albertville Games in 1992 and finished a respectable 14th. The team failed to qualify in 2006, but plans […]
Jamaican runner, Usain Bolt, has run the fastest 200m race this year. He finished with a time of 19.67 at the Tsiklitiria Athens Grand Prix track meet on Sunday. “I am very satisfied with my performance,” Bolt said. “I feel sure I will be very strong at the Olympic Games.”
He is now the fifth-fastest person […]
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (3 January 2007) — Keslie Tomlinson (Potomac Falls, Va.) and Caleb Smith (Lake Placid, N.Y.) won their respective U.S. National Championship titles today at the Olympic Sports Complex in Lake Placid, N.Y.
“This was a fun race for me, and I’m feeling really good about today’s result,” Tomlinson said. “I’m learning more each […]
LAKE PLACID, N.Y.—The U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Team will begin the new year at the Olympic Sports Complex in Lake Placid, N.Y. with the U.S. Skeleton National Championships and the 3rd Annual Chevy Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge, presented by Whelen Engineering.
U.S. Skeleton National Championships will take place on Jan. 2, with the Chevy Geoff Bodine […]
CHAMONIX 1924
January 25, 1924
It was held in France, 83 years ago!
But, of course, they didn’t know what it was while it was going on. The IOC just named it as such afterwards. Originally, the competition was called International Sports Week 1924.
Trivia: First event to be decided on was the men’s 500m speed skating where Charles […]
Who hasn’t heard of the legendary Jamaican Bobsled Team that competed during the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary? I sure have. But alright, it’s mainly due to the Walt Disney movie, Cool Runnings that immortalised their first ever effort at the sport during the Olympics.
They reminded me of the fact that Olympics isn’t just about […]
The German Women Team (Sandra Kiriasis and Anja Schneiderheinze) zoomed to a Gold in their light blue bullet of a bobsled (Total Time - 3 minutes 49.98 seconds).
American Pilot Shauna Rohbock and Braker Valerie Fleming took America’s first ever medal (Silver) at the event. A Silver that feels more like a Gold indeed.
A flying […]
Canada’s Pierre Lueders captured an Olympic silver medal Sunday in the two-man bobsleigh competition in Cesana Pariol, Italy.
Under heavy snowfall, Lueders and brakeman Lascelles Brown powered their sled down the Italian track for a four-run time of three minutes, 43:59 seconds.
Germany’s Andre Lange and Kevin Kuske won the gold medal while the Swiss […]
Brazilian bobsledder Armando dos Santos is the first athlete thrown out of the Torino Olympic Winter Games for failing a drug test.
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