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One of the United States 4-man bobsled teams on the start line at the 2014 Olympics. USABS recruits athletes from around the United States that have competed in a wide background of sports. Sports with a large emphasis on power and speed generally develop skills that transfer the best.
At the trainer's suggestion, Volker uploaded videos of his athletic highlights to the USA Bobsled and Skeleton's digital combine. [4] Shortly afterward, he received an invite for an in-person workout with a US bobsleigh coach. [4] He described his first time riding in a bobsleigh as "like being in a washing machine ... I was so dizzy."
Bobsled team members from Germany-2 (orange and white), USA-1, (center row in blue) and USA-2 wave to the crowd after receiving their newly awarded medals during a ceremony in Salt Lake City for the men's four-man bobsled event in the 2002 Winter Olympics.
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.
Matt Roy is an American bobsledder, born in New York City, who competed in the mid to late 1980s.He won the Bobsleigh World Cup combined men's event in 1986-7 and unofficial four-man event that same year.
Humphries is the world women’s bobsled champion for a record fourth time, teaming with Lolo Jones to win the title on a snowy day in Altenberg, Germany. Humphries and Jones finished their four ...
As a California resident with an American husband, Humphries had been competing for Team USA on the international bobsled circuit. She won world titles in stars and stripes in 2020 and 2021.
The USA-1 four-man bobsled team, nicknamed "Night Train" and led by pilot Steve Holcomb, delivered the United States' first gold medal in the event since the St. Moritz Games in 1948. Holcomb's driving was described as "super-genius" by Kevin Kuske of the silver medal winning German team . [ 3 ]