Queensland bobsleigh athletes swap beach for ice chutes to conquer 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
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Brakeman Joe Williamson says nothing compares to looking down the ice chute at the starting block.
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Racing down an ice chute in a bobsleigh at 130 to 140 kilometres per hour is not for the faint-hearted.
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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
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aflynn@lakeplacidnews.com U.S. para bobsledder James Klingensmith pushes his monobob during a run at the Mount Van Hoevenberg combined track in Lake Placid last winter. (Photo provided) U.S. para bobsledder Guillermo “Will” Castillo heads down the combined track at Mount Van Hoevenberg in Lake Placid last winter during an international competition. (Photo provided) Para bobsled athletes take a track walk in February 2020 during a World Cup para bobsled event in Lake Placid.(Provided photo IBSF)
U.S. para bobsledder Guillermo “Will” Castillo heads down the combined track at Mount Van Hoevenberg in Lake Placid last winter during an international competition. (Photo provided)