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According to John Furlong, the chief executive of the 2010 Winter Olympics organizing committee, proposals to build the sliding centre on Grouse Mountain near Vancouver were rejected early in the bid phase due to reservations expressed by the international luge, and the bobsleigh and skeleton, federations.
KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) - One of Canada's three bobsleds crashed during the second run of the Olympic four-man competition. Driver Justin Kripps, with three new brakemen in his sled, flipped ...
Oceania's rhythmic gymnastics qualification for the Tokyo Olympics was conducted with severe breaches that resulted in change of ranking for Olympic nomination and selection. A 1.5-year-long investigation by Gymnastics Ethics Foundation found serious misconduct by qualification event's organisers, administrators and officials.
A member of a prominent bobsled racing family, Morgan's father and brothers were all involved in the sport, and his brother, 1976 Olympian James "Nitro" Morgan, died in a bobsled accident in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. [3] Morgan was on the U.S. National team from 1978-1979, but did not qualify for the 1980 Winter Olympics. [4]
With the site of sliding events at the 2026 Winter Games in Italy still in doubt, the United States has entered a bid to host bobsled, luge and skeleton in Lake Placid.
He competed in the two-man event and the four-man event at both the 2018 Winter Olympics [1] and the 2022 Winter Olympics. His 2nd place finish in the 2-man race at Igls in January was the first medal for a British sled in the event in more than 30 years and his joint 4th in the 2-man World Championships in Whistler in 2019 was the best British ...
All of the team members returned for the 1992 Winter Olympics. However, Harris only competed in the two-man event, with his place in the four-man team taken by newcomer Ricky McIntosh. [19] Harris and the Stokes brothers would continue to compete at the Winter Games in the bobsleigh events until the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. [20]
The American is one of the few athletes to have competed at both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, transitioning from an elite track and field hurdler to the bobsled with aplomb. ‘That was ...