Bobsleigh
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Bobsleigh Sport Information
-You can ride on a two-man bobsled or a four-man bobsled.
-You go faster than you would on a car on the road.
-The sleighs speed depends on its weight aerodynamics aerodynamics carry it down the slope.
-The sleds are made of fiberglass and must adhere to strict size and weight restrictions.
-A driver steers the sled by pulling one rope with his right hand to go right or a separate rope with his left hand to go left.
-The second member of the two-person team is the brakeman.
-Always the last person in the sled, he or she pulls up on the brake, lowering a piece of metal into the ice to stop the sled after the run.
How Bobsledding Works
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Bobsled Competitions
-The two-man event was added to the Olympics in 1932.
-The first women bobsled race was held in 2002.
-Each nation may enter a maximum of two sleds in each event.
-The gold winners for men in the 2014 Olympics were Russia's Alexey Voevoda and Alexander Zubkov
-The silver winners for men in the 2014 Olympics were Switzerland's Alex Baumann and Beat Hefti
-The bronze winners for men in the 2014 Olympics were the United States' Steven Holcomb and Steven Langton
Citations
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