Bobsleigh News
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By AFP
Pyeongchang -
A beer company has come to the rescue of Jamaica's troubled women's bobsleigh team by donating a sled, an official told AFP on Friday -- the eve of their Olympic debut.
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By AFP
Moscow -
Russian businessman Georgy Bedzhamov, head of the country's bobsleigh and skeleton federation, has left the country and is set to ask for political asylum in Europe, the Russian edition of Forbes magazine has reported.
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By Reuters
Former taxi driver Alexander Zubkov steered Russia to victory in the four-man bobsleigh on the last day of the Winter Olympics on Sunday but looked more exhausted than elated after carrying...
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By Reuters
Russian Alexander Zubkov secured a golden finale for the Sochi Games hosts on Sunday by adding the Olympic four-man bobsleigh crown to his two-man title.
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By AFP
Chereshnya -
Russian bobsleigh veteran Alexander Zubkov has spoken of his burning desire to win a second Olympic gold in Sochi after coming out of retirement following a brief stint as a sports minister.The 39-year-old pilot retired in 2010 following a fall-out wit...
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By Reuters
They are easily distinguishable - four Canadian men with bushy beards creeping out from underneath their crash helmets. They could easily pass for lumberjacks if they were not bobsledders.
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By Reuters
Canada's Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse found the speed when it mattered most to win a second successive Olympic women's bobsleigh gold after pipping the USA-1 sled of Elana Meyers by a...
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By Reuters
Despite being hampered by a calf injury, Steve Holcomb says he is not ready to give up the four-man bobsleigh title without a fight.
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By AFP
Chereshnya -
Australia's Olympic bobsleigh team of Astrid Radenovic and former world athletics champion Jana Pittman admitted Tuesday they need to lose weight and lose it quickly if they are to be medal contenders.The duo ended their opening two runs in 14th place,...
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By Reuters
Former Olympic and world champion sprinter Lauryn Williams showed why she was selected to push the USA-1 sled after just six months in the sport when she propelled Elana Meyers to the halfwa...
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By Reuters
Dubbed 'Minister for Bobsleigh' after a brief foray into politics back home in Siberia, Alexander Zubkov proved ditching a smart suit for figure-hugging lycra was the right move by winning t...
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By Reuters
Russian Alexander Zubkov finally secured the Olympic bobsleigh gold he came out of retirement to win when he powered to the two-man title at the Sochi Games on Monday.
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By Reuters
To say USA-1 driver Elana Meyers has had a rough rollercoaster ride at the Sochi Games would be an understatement.
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By Reuters
Formula One technology has already helped Britain to skeleton gold at the Sochi Olympics and the bobsleigh competition will see McLaren, Ferrari and BMW take their track rivalry onto the ice ...
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By AFP
Sochi -
Olympic bobsledder Johnny Quinn vowed on Friday to shower with the door open and to avoid elevators after he became a Twitter sensation following back-to-back Sochi building disasters.The 30-year-old gained instant fame when he tweeted pictures of hims...
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By AFP
Chereshnya -
Winston Watts stands at 1.82m (6ft) and weighs in at an imposing 107kg (236lbs), but the burly pilot of the Jamaican Olympic bobsleigh team admitted on Thursday that he's a big softy who misses his mother.The 46-year-old Watts, who is taking part in a ...
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By AFP
Chereshnya -
Defending champions Germany and the United States are favourites in the Olympic two-man bobsleigh, but it's rag-to-riches Jamaica, powered to Sochi by a global fundraising campaign, who will capture the imagination.Training on Thursday should see a bat...
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By AFP
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Jamaica's Olympic bobsleigh team on Thursday pleaded with their adoring fans to stop sending money to fund their Sochi fairy tale while also dreaming of converting Usain Bolt from sprint to snow.
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By Reuters
Winston Watts is soaking up every moment of his latest Olympic experience with the world fascinated by the resurrection of Jamaican bobsleigh, but a phone call from Usain Bolt would be the i
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By Reuters
Just like in the film 'Cool Runnings', Jamaica's bobsleigh team are going to have to rely on their opponents' goodwill to get them down the run after their luggage and equipment were lost en route to Russia.
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By Reuters
Olympic bobsleigh champion Kaillie Humphries has some bad news for her rivals: she believes the last four years have only made her stronger.
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By Reuters
There is something in the hair for Canada's Olympic bobsleigh team.
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By AFP
Paris -
Jamaica's bobsleigh team have been given the nod to compete in the Sochi Olympics, their national Olympic Association (JOA) confirmed on Monday.
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By AFP
Paris -
Jamaica's bobsleigh team are on the verge of making the Sochi Olympics, but admitted they may need $80,000 (59,000 euros) to fund a dream that once inspired a Hollywood movie.
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Gillian Cooke, a British bobsleigh rider, has become the latest butt of a joke on YouTube thanks to a wardrobe malfunction at the FIBT Bobsliegh World Cup race last weekend in St Moritz, Switzerland.
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The 2010 Olympic Gold Medal bobsled driver Steven Holcomb Steven Holcomb
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