Bobsleigh Tickets |
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Date |
Event Code |
Description |
Venue |
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| Feb 20th | BS001 |
Mens 2 Man Qualifications | Whistler Sliding Centre | |
| Feb 21st | BS002 |
Mens Two Man Finals | Whistler Sliding Centre | |
| Feb 23rd | BS003 |
Womens Two Man Qualifications | Whistler Sliding Centre | |
| Feb 24th | BS004 |
Womens Two Man Finals | Whistler Sliding Centre | |
| Feb 26th | BS006 |
Four Man Qualifications | Whistler Sliding Centre | |
| Feb 21st | FS006 |
Four Man Finals | Whistler Sliding Centre | |
About Olympic Bobsleigh Competition:
A Short History written by John Gettings and Christine Frantz
Olympic Bobsledding is an offspring of tobogganing, the modern-day sport of bobsledding was conceived in Switzerland late in the 1800s.
The bobsled's Olympic debut was the four-man event at the 1924 Winter Games. The two-man event was added eight years later in 1932. The first women's bobsled event—the two-woman bobsled—was held for the first time in 2002.
Each nation may enter a maximum of two sleds in each event. 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. To round out a four-man team a pair of pushers are added. They are responsible for helping to get the sled started.
The sleds rip down the icy track one at a time, reaching speeds of up to 90 mph. The team with the lowest aggregate time after the two runs wins the gold.
The men's two-man competition will be held Feb. 18–19 and the four-man on Feb. 24–25. The two-woman bobsled competition takes place Feb. 20–21. There will be two heats on each day of competition. It will be held at Cesana Pariol. This 1,435 m (4,708 ft) long run, which will host the bobsled, skeleton, and luge competitions, has 19 bends (11 left-hand and 8 right-hand) run and a drop of 114 m (274 ft) and 19 bends.
The 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics were good to U.S. bobsledding. The two-woman team took home the gold in the inaugural women's competition, and the four-man teams grabbed the silver and bronze. Prior to Salt Lake, the United States had not medaled in bobsledding since the 1956 Winter Games.
For the 2006 games, 2002 gold winner Jill Bakken and silver medalist Todd Hayes will lead the U.S. bobsled teams. Other returnees include Vonetta Flowers, Garrett Hines, Mike Kohn, and Randy Jones.
After competing in five Olympics, Prince Albert of Monaco retired from Olympic bobsled competition after the 2002 Games to concentrate on running his country and serving as an International Olympic Committee member.
About The 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver Canada:
The 2010 Olympic Winter Games marks the first time in eight years that the Winter Olympic Games are returning to North America. The majority of games will be played around Vancouver British Columbia, with events taking place in Ski Resort Community of Whistler, the Callaghan Valley, West Vancouver and at venues located on the campus of the University of British Columbia. This will be the third time the Olympic Games have been hosted by the country of Canada . In 1776 the Summer Olympics of Montreal, the 1988 Winter Olympics and now the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver.
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History of the Olympics
The first official Olympic Winter Games was appropriately held in Athens Greece
in 1896, as was the last event in 2004. The inaugural games featured 241 participants
from 14 nations, while the most recent contest involved 11,100 competitors
from 202 countries. The original games can be traced back to Olympia, Greece
in 8th century B.C. The most popular legend is that Heracles, son of Zeus
and Alcmene, created the Olympic games and built the Olympic stadium and surrounding
buildings as a tribute to his father. Since a medal count has been recorded,
the United States garnered the most gold medals with 35, followed by China
with 32 and Russia with 27. Beijing was elected host city of the 2010 Winter
games on July 13, 2001. The city that will carry the torch to host the 2014
games has yet to be determined.
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