Two sub-10 guys on one sled is unthinkable : how Britain s fastest sprinters joined bobsleigh forces
Joel Fearon and James Dasaolu are both in the top five fastest 100m runners in British history, with personal bests under 10 seconds
12 February 2021 • 11:54am
In a sport where speed is everything, bobsleigh pilot Lamin Deen has considerable reason for excitement when he glances over his shoulder before hurtling his four-man team down the Altenberg track at Saturday’s final World Championships before the Winter Olympics.
In addition to Ben Simons - a veteran of two Winter Olympics - the other men looking back at him will be brothers-in-law Joel Fearon and James Dasaolu.
China will respond to Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic boycotts with serious sanctions towards any countries that pull out, according to the editor-in-chief of the state-backed nationalist tabloid Global Times . “Boycotting 2022 Beijing Winter Games, an unpopular idea, won’t receive wide support,” Hu Xijin wrote on Twitter on Sunday. “IOC and athletes will both oppose it, and China will seriously.
If any country is encouraged by extremist forces to take concrete actions to boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics, Beijing will definitely retaliate fiercely. Beijing certainly has the resources and means to do that.
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