Bobsleigh - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia bobsleigh, bobsled (United States and Canada) or bobsledge (Brazil) is a winter sport invented by Englishmen in the late 1860s in which teams make timed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobsleigh
Extractions: This audio file was created from a revision dated , and may not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ( Audio help More spoken articles Bobsleigh bobsled United States and Canada ) or bobsledge (Brazil) is a winter sport invented by Englishmen in the late 1860s in which teams make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled . The various types of sleds came several years before the first tracks was built in St Moritz , where the original bobsleds were adapted upsized Luge Skeleton sleds designed by the adventurously wealthy to carry passengers. All three types were adapted from boys delivery sleds and toboggans . Competition naturally followed, and to protect the working class and rich visitors in the streets and byways of St Moritz, hotel owner Caspar Badrutt , owner of the historic Krup Hotel and the later Palace Hotel built the first familiarly configured 'half-pipe' track circa 1870. It has hosted the sports during two Olympics and is still in use today.
INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - SPORTS Includes history, equipment, events, glossary, and photographs. http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/programme/disciplines_uk.asp?DiscCode=BS
Alberta Bobsleigh - Homepage Alberta bobsleigh Association. Upcoming events include the Americas Cup This Week in Alberta bobsleigh News Congratulations to Alex Torbert and http://www.albertabobsleigh.com/
Extractions: Alberta Bobsleigh Association Upcoming events include the Americas Cup Calgary January 14 20, ABA Cups #3 and #4 in February, and the Provincial Championships February 27 March 1. For more information on these events contact slide@albertabobsleigh.com December 27, 2007 This Week in Alberta Bobsleigh News... Congratulations to Alex Torbert and Keith Rundle who claimed first place at the second ABA Cup on December 20 th , 2007. Their dominant starts and unchallenged down times set them apart from the rest of the filed as they posted their second victory in as many races. Torbert and Rundles combined down time of 1:55.35 gave them the lead over second place finishers, Dallas Butcher and Justin Wilkinson who posted a combined down time of 1:56.39, more then a second behind the first place finishers. In third place with a combined time of 1:56.93 were Richard Christensen and Ryan McConnell. Congratulations to all the athletes who participated in the second ABA Cup of the season and thank you to all the volunteers who helped make this a very successful race. Bob Niven Training Centre Rm. 205
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CBC.CA - Torino 2006 CBC Sports Online breaks down the medal favourites in every bobsleigh event. First Canadians to win Olympic bobsleigh gold Vic and John Emery, http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/bobsleigh/
Extractions: However, please continue to browse the site for details on your favourite athlete, event, or moment of the Games. Canada's Pierre Lueders proclaimed before the Christmas break that the driver to beat in both the two- and four-man bobsleigh events at the Torino Olympics would be German Andre Lange. CBC Sports Online breaks down the medal favourites in every bobsleigh event. The Contenders Canadian Helen Upperton is riding the fast track toward bobsleigh success. Fast-tracked for success Fuelled by muscle and gravity, bobsleigh is auto racing on ice.
Sportsbite : News From The World Of Olympic Sport The world bobsleigh championships in St Moritz ended in uproar on Sunday as The British bobsleigh Association is celebrating this week after Channel 4 http://www.sportsbite.com/index.pl?cat=BOBSLEIGH
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Extractions: advertisement Buy our Jamaicans.com Bobsled T-shirt Now!!! Fourteen years ago the first Jamaican Bobsleigh team made history in the Calgary Olympics Winter Games. They warmed the hearts of many worldwide in their first attempt at Olympic glory and was even immortalized in the popular Walt Disney movie "Cool Runnings". Since then the team has been a mainstay in the Winter Olympics and now have their eyes focused on bringing back a medal to Jamaica. In the first games (1988) the team was seen as a novelty as they had many technically difficulties, injuries and crashes. In the second games (1992) the team had drastically improved. They had practiced hard for 4 years and were confident and focused. The 4-man team came in 14th ahead of the US, French, Russian and Italians teams. This was just the beginning. In the 2-man event the Jamaican team shocked the world by beating the Swedish national champions and coming in 10th place. The team has continued to improve and took in 2000, and took gold at the World Push Championships in Monte Carlo in three events and posting the fasted start time at the World Cup.
Extractions: I drop on to the dubious looking beast, its runners rocking forward and back in the frozen groove and adopt the "kamikaze" position: I lie on my pigeon chest facing forward with helmeted head raised, my chin a few inches from the ice, padded arms clamped to my sides, gloved hands grasping the handles that are level with hips, and my lower legs and trainers held just clear of the track."
Torino 2006 - Bobsleigh www.torino2006.org/ENG/OlympicGames/ sport_ed_atleti/bob.html Similar pages ONTARIO bobsleigh ASSOCIATIONWe are looking for male and female athletes who wish to compete in the sport of bobsleigh. If you think you have what it takes contact us to be tested. http://www.torino2006.org/ENG/OlympicGames/sport_ed_atleti/bob.html
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Bobsleigh - Torino 2006 Winter Olympic Games bobsleigh is a winter sport in which teams make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked purposebuilt iced tracks in a gravity-powered, steerable sled. http://www.italyworldclub.com/piemonte/turin_2006/sport_bobsleigh.htm
Extractions: Regions Genealogy Lodging Search Regions in Italy ... Information on Beijing, seat of 2008 Olympic Games Bobsleigh is a winter sport in which teams make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked purpose-built iced tracks in a gravity-powered, steerable sled. In the United States the sport is known as bobsled. EVENTS: Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics will be held in the town of Cesana Pariol (a suburb of Cesana Torinese ), Italy from February 13 to February 24. CALENDAR: EVENT DATE TIME PLACE Two Man Bob Saturday February 18 Cesana Pariol Two Man Bob Sunday February 19 Cesana Pariol Two Woman Bob Monday February 20 Cesana Pariol Two Woman Bob Tuesday February 21 Cesana Pariol Four Man Bob Friday February 24 Cesana Pariol Four Man Bob Saturday February 25 Cesana Pariol HISTORY The sport was invented in the 1880s in St. Moritz, with the opening competition in 1884. The first races were run on snow-covered roads. The first club was formed in 1897 and the first purpose-built track was opened in 1902. Initially the sled teams were of five or six, this was reduced to two- or four-person sleighs in the 1930s. Ancient sleighs were wood; modern sleighs combine light metals, steel runners, and an aerodynamic composite body. Competition sleighs must be a maximum of 3.80 m long (4-crew) or 2.70 m long (2-crew), both have a maximum width of 0.67 m.
Charlie Booker - Www.bobsleigh.de Welcome to www.bobsleigh.de. Thank you for visiting my website and taking the time to view my work. I have been the official photographer for the FIBT since http://www.bobsleigh.de/
Extractions: Bobsleigh is not normally the sport imagined when thinking of Greece or Greek athletic competition. Yet, as Hellenism spreads to every corner of the world, Greek tastes are shaped by a variety of exotic influences. Sometimes involvement in non-traditional sports represent a way for emigrated Greeks to give a little of themselves and honour Greece. This is how Captain of the Greek bobsleigh team, John-Andrew Kambanis, saw things when he created the team eleven years ago with Greg Sebald. Its a new tradition to start, he says, while giving me much pride in competing in an international sport that has taken me to the Olympics twice, Nagano and Salt Lake City, and representing Greece in one of the most prestigious winter sports in Europe.
Vancouver 2010 - Bobsleigh The three Olympic sliding sports are bobsleigh, skeleton and luge. All three grew out of the practice of using a sled or toboggan a light, narrow wooden http://www.vancouver2010.com/en/WinterGames/WinterGamesSports/BO
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Foothills Bobsleigh Foothills bobsleigh, event management software, League administration software, Club management software, Club management software, Club administration http://www.foothillsbobsleigh.com/
Extractions: Foothills Bobsleigh, event management software, League administration software, Club management software, Club management software,Club administration software, Online Registration, Facility Management Software, League website, Club website, web-based, registration software, league scheduling software, database, registration, schedules, standings, player statistics Thursday, January 24, 2008 FOOTHILLS BOBSLEIGH Welcome to the website for the Foothills Bobsleigh Club. You are invited to peruse our pages at your leisure. Foothills Bobsleigh is a non-profit orgranization which has as its mandate, the development of Bobsleigh as a recreative or competitive pastime in the City of Calgary and the Province of Alberta. The club provides equal opportunity for all its members to participate in the sport of Bobsleigh as either an active slider or an official. Club members who aspire to do so, can elevate their competitive interests to where they can progress either at the provincial, national or international level. Many of our members are carded officials for Bobsleigh at the provincial, national and international level.
