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Due to the British conditions, much of the training for those sports takes place away from the United Kingdom, and Redgrave (pictured), a rowing gold medallist at five successive summer Olympics with a background in bobsleigh, thinks there should be more focus on disciplines that can be picked up and honed in Britain.

The men were "fully investigated" by Dyfed-Powys Police force after covering themselves in black bodypaint to dress up as characters from cult comedy film Cool Runnings - the story of the first Jamaican bobsleigh team.

01:51 -- With the fastest teams from the first two runs going first in the bobsleigh, there's unlikely to be any change at the top end of the standings for a while as the rest of the 29 teams have their crack at it.

South Korea is now the first Asian nation to claim an Olympic medal in a bobsleigh event.

Imagine sticking your head out of the car doing 99mph on a motorway, that's what bobsleigh is like.

After their British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association funding was cut in September, the two Micas feared they would not be able to make the games in Pyeongchang in South Korea.

Imagine sticking your head out of the car while going at 99mph on a motorway - that's what bobsleigh is like.

Visitors can try a bob-raft, which is a bobsleigh with padding, or a self-steering bobsleigh.

GB Bobsleigh Performance Director, Chris Price said: "The athletes have had a challenging summer but the resilience and mental toughness to get up and go again throughout this season has been absolutely incredible.

The bobsleigh in la Plagne was built for the 1992 Albertville Olympic Games.

Bloomex customers can lend year-round support to Canada's bobsleigh and skeleton athletes by using the donation code BCS15 at checkout for any order at Bloomex.

WINTER-LOVERS will be able to ride a bobsleigh in Liverpool this Christmas.

BRITISH bobsleigh pilot Mica McNeill has vowed to use "'people power" to propel her towards next year's Winter Olympics after recovering from the blow of having her funding cut by the domestic sport's governing body.

FANCY dress THE Telford Harriers were stunning in their zany costumes and the Wolverhampton Bobsleigh Team were there, running in dreadlock wigs with a cardboard cutout bobsleigh round their waists.

A BRITISH Olympic bobsleigh hopeful has hurled himself into a fundraising campaign worthy of the legendary Cool Runnings team.