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Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympic Games 2018


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5 minutes ago, intoronto said:

 

And China qualifying two sleds in the  two man!? 

 

Amazing that also Brazil almost qualified two sleds in two-man! They were very much on the road, but a crash of their second sled in the very last race prevented it.

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il y a 6 minutes, Gianlu33 a déclaré:

@Nate River Sadly we haven't track in Italy but the big problem is that the federation use all the founds for the sleds sports for the luge and our Bob was neglected. Our federation is just a shame, they care only about alpine skiing...

Is it the same federation for snow and ice sports ?

 

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Just now, SalamAkhi said:

Is it the same federation for snow and ice sports ?

 

No, we have two federation.

The FISI is the federation for all the FIS sports, IBU, FIL and IBSF.

Meanwhile the FISG federation is for all the sports of ISU and Ice Hockey and Curling

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il y a 2 minutes, Gianlu33 a déclaré:

No, we have two federation.

The FISI is the federation for all the FIS sports, IBU, FIL and IBSF.

Meanwhile the FISG federation is for all the sports of ISU and Ice Hockey and Curling

The same in France ... but every fund from the FFSG goes to figure skating :p After the olympics we'll officially have 0 speed skater :)

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Juste maintenant , SalamAkhi a déclaré:

The same in France ... but every fund from the FFSG goes to figure skating :p After the olympics we'll officially have 0 speed skater :)

 

We never really have one to start with. Only one roller guy that is left alone with his... roller coach.

 

At his point, I believe it would be better it the roller sport federation was handling it...

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il y a 1 minute, De_Gambassi a déclaré:

 

We never really have one to start with. Only one roller guy that is left alone with his... roller coach.

 

At his point, I believe it would be better it the roller sport federation was handling it...

They should create a gateway between the two ...

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vor einer Stunde schrieb Nate River:

Richard Adjei won a silver in bobsleigh in 2010. Probably the only American Football player to ever be on the German bobsleigh team?

Their program has gone way way downhill. Doesn't help that they don't have a home track (not sure if Cessana or Cortina are still used?) anymore. I love Simone as a driver but his body just isn't allowing him to be competitive anymore.

I was not expecting de Bruin to make it, especially not after all the mistakes she made in the first run and her shaky start to the second run. Made the Olympics by literally 0.16 seconds.

 

She's very lucky to qualify (she only goes to Pyeongchang because Reinbolt wasn't allowed to race last week after crashing four times in training) but I'm still really happy for her, she's had a great season.

 

Sad about the Romanian team, they deserve to go to the Olympics, but the Jamaicans have a strong team and it's exciting to see them qualify.

 

Also, spare a thought for South Korea. They had a very strong bobsleigh program over much of the last quad, but they only qualified in two man as the host. What the heck happened?

Thanks, never heard of him, maybe she will be the first black female to win a medal at the summer olympics for Germany? :p

Edit: I just remembered Robin Szolkowy ...

I also dont think that a black pilot ever won a gold on the womens side.

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Schedule (Local time)

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The American teams have been announced, sadly no Lolo Jones in it. Of course Elana Meyers Taylor and Jamie Greubel Poser as drivers, with Aja Evans and Lauren Gibbs as brakeswomen.

http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2018/01/13/lolo-jones-olympic-bobsled-team/

 

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