Bobsleigh 2023 - 2024 Discussion Thread

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[intoronto 4,253]

 monobob athlete (the one who almost qualified for Beijing) retired  

[Olympian1010 7,483]

 have joined the IBSF 

 

 

[intoronto 4,253]

29 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

 have joined the IBSF 

 

 

The first 2 have athletes trying to qualify for Gangwon 2024.

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Kaillie Humphries  is taking a pregnancy break this season. She plans to return next season to prepare for 2026.

 

Article: https://www.nbcsports.com/olympics/news/kaillie-humphries-pregnant-baby-bobsled-ivf

[Grassmarket 2,761]

 Oooh, nasty one.  In competition of course there are always volunteers on hand to stop precisely that kind of runaway sled, but I guess not so in practice.

 

Swiss bobsledder Sandro Michel is recovering in hospital after being run over by a sled in training for this weekend's World Cup race in Germany.

 

Michel was lying on the track after being thrown from a four-man sled when it crashed in Altenberg.

 

He was then run over by the sled, which Swiss Sliding said "was uncontrollably sliding back from the finish area".

 

 

Sandro Michel: Swiss bobsledder in hospital after being run over by sled in training crash - BBC Sport