bobsleigh

Not bad for a couple who were left devastated when their funding from the British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association (BBSA) was withdrawn just five months before the Games.

The Sigulda track is routinely used for luge, skeleton, women's and two-man bobsleigh teams.

Prior to those long-jump medals, the Stoke-born 23-year-old claimed silver, with Mica McNeill, in the twogirl bobsleigh at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck.

The former Bassaleg School pupil was little more than a year into her bobsleigh career when, alongside team-mate and pilot Mica McNeill, she achieved the best-ever finish for Team GB's Olympic women's team in the event.

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.

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

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.

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

"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.

A WHY not terrify yourself on an Olympic bobsleigh course?

LOUGHBOROUGH'S Joel Fearon has been confirmed as part of a 10-strong team of bobsleigh athletes to represent Team GB at the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics.

La Plagne is home to France's only bobsleigh track- a hugely popular fixture with visitors to the French Alps resort.

Whistler, Canada, November 12, 2017 --(PR.com)-- As Official Floral Partner to Bobsleigh CANADA Skeleton, Bloomex will be providing all florals for the BMW IBSF World Cup being hosted in Whistler, BC on November 24-25.