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Queensland bobsleigh athletes swap beach for ice chutes to conquer 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics – ABC News
Racing down an ice chute at 130 to 140 kilometres per hour is not for the faint-hearted. But, despite the sport being underfunded in the country, these athletes…
Racing down an ice chute in a bobsleigh at 130 to 140 kilometres per hour is not for the faint-hearted.
Key points:
- Bobsleigh is a winter sport invented by the Swiss in the late 1860s
- It is more than 30 years since Australia first competed in an Olympic bobsleigh event at Calgary in 1988
- Bobsleigh and Skeleton Australia chief executive Hayden Smith says their four-man team to the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics received only $15,000 funding
It is hard on the body, and on the hip pocket, but determined…
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