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Chapters: Pengrowth Saddledome, Canada Olympic Park Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Track, Mcmahon Stadium, Olympic Oval, Nakiska, Stampede Corral, Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park, Father David Bauer Olympic Arena, Max Bell Centre. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 48. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Pengrowth Saddledome -Calgary had been served for 30 years by the Stampede Corral when the Calgary Flames arrived in 1980. With a total capacity of 8,700, the Corral was the largest arena in Canada west of Toronto in 1950, but had fallen below major league standards by the 1970s. The Corral was deemed insufficient for the National Hockey League (NHL) in 1977, leading the World Hockey Association's Calgary Cowboys to fold rather than hope to be a team selected to merge with the NHL. Calgary's bid to host the 1988 Winter Olympics, coupled with the arrival of the Flames, drove the need to build a new arena. City Council debated the merits of several locations for the city's new Olympic Coliseum, and narrowed their choices down to two areas in the Victoria Park neighbourhood on the east end of downtown. Two other sites, one on the west end of downtown, and a late bid by several businessmen pushing to build the arena in the northern suburb of Airdrie were also considered. The Saddledome's location within Stampede Park, as seen from the Calgary Tower.The Victoria Park Community Association fought the bid to build the arena in their neighborhood, threatening to oppose the city's Olympic bid if necessary. City Council voted on March 3, 1981 to build the proposed 20,000 seat arena on the Stampede grounds, immediately east of the Corral and south of Victoria Park. The community continued to fight the city over rezoning the land to allow for the new arena amidst fears of traffic congestion ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=700852 ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Stade Loujniki, Olimpiisky Indoor Arena, Mytichtchi Arena, Stade Lokomotiv, Piste de Bobsleigh, Luge et Skeleton de Paramonovo, Oufa Arena, Palais Des Sports Volgar, Palais Des Sports Nagorny, Tatneft Arena, Palais Des Sports de Glace Salavat Ioulaïev, Palais Des Sports de Glace Sibir, Palais de Glace Tcherepovets, Centre National Russe de Glisse. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait :, Le Stade Loujniki (Стадион Лужники) ou Stade Olympique de Moscou est la plus grande enceinte sportive de Russie. Pouvant accueillir 78 360 spectateurs, il fut bâti sous le nom de Stade Central Lénine, et contenait 103 000 places à sa construction. Majoritairement utilisé pour le football, il fut inauguré le 31 juillet 1956 lors d'un match qui vit l'Union soviétique (URSS) disposer de la Chine (1-0) et accueille encore de nos jours les matches de l'équipe nationale. L'enceinte abrite également depuis longtemps le Spartak Moscou, et depuis peu le Torpedo Moscou, clubs de Premier Liga. Le stade a accueilli la finale de la Ligue des Champions 2007-2008, qui opposa les deux équipes de Chelsea FC ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The 200809 Bobsleigh World Cup is a multi race tournament over a season for bobsleigh. The season starts on November 24 2008 in Winterberg and ends on February 14 2009 in Park City, Utah. The World Cup is organised by the FIBT who also run world cups and championships in skeleton. On the November 14, 2008 FIBT website, it was announced that the competition at the bobsleigh track in Cortina d'Ampezzo was cancelled to technical issues and the competition for January 5-11, 2009 was moved to the Königssee track in Germany. ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=19989942 ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Montagnes Russes Volantes, Liste Des Méga Montagnes Russes, Train de La Mine, Wild Mouse, Montagnes Russes Bobsleigh, Montagnes Russes En Position Verticale, Hyper Montagnes Russes, Montagnes Russes Sans Sol, Duel de Montagnes Russes, Montagnes Russes Lancées, Montagnes Russes Quadridimensionnelles, Montagnes Russes Aller ... Read more

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Chapters: Lascelles Brown, Jesse Lumsden, Aoife Hoey, Alexey Voyevoda, Helen Upperton, Allyn Condon, Claudinei Da Silva, Zsolt Kürtösi, Alexandr Zubkov, Lyndon Rush, Olga Fyodorova, Gillian Cooke, Josef Isser, Jānis Miņins, Paul Narracott, Kaillie Humphries, Sébastien Gattuso, Jean de Suarez D'aulan, Shelley-Ann Brown, Kitty Van Haperen, John Herbert, Hubert Miller, Manfred Stengl, Emmanuel Hostache, Eline Jurg, Heinrich Isser, Michael Young, Siobhán Hoey, Lesa Mayes-Stringer, András Haklits, Alexander Richardson, Zintis Ekmanis, Martin Tešovič, Frederick Mcevoy, Doug Anakin, Ilse Broeders, Jānis Ķipurs, Ingo Appelt, Jackie Gunn, Tony Nash, Nicole Minichiello, Mark Tout, Walter Delle Karth, Igor Boraska, William Hirigoyen, Sandis Prūsis, David Maceachern, Bruno Mingeon, Ivan Šola, Sybren Jansma, Alexei Seliverstov, Intars Dambis, Lee Johnston, Yevgeni Sergeyevich Popov, Shane Mckenzie, Louis Saint-Calbre, Ion Panţuru, Jeannette Pennings, Vicente Sartorius Y Cabeza de Vaca, Paul Field, Jacques Mouvet, Arend Glas, Louis de Ridder, Charles Green, Chris Lori, Oskars Melbārdis, Ken Leblanc, Konstantin Aladachvili, Nathan Cunningham, Ricardo Raschini, Giulio Zardo, Erwin Thaler, Louis Van Hege, Mihails Arhipovs, David Bissett, Albert Castelyns, Peter Kienast, John Emery, Dmitriy Stepushkin, Kjell Holmström, Dawid Kupczyk, Gerhard Redl, Louis Balsan, Urta Rozenstruik, Hubert Schösser, Manami Hino, Alan Henderson, Márton Gyulai, Alexandru Frim, Victor Verschueren, Éric le Chanony, Héctor Tomasi, Chris Mackintosh, Daumants Dreiškens, Jürgen Mandl, Martin Schützenauer, Eduard Von Falz-Fein, Herbert Gruber, Christian Mark, Harald Winkler, Count Renaud de La Frégeolière, Marcel Lopuchovský, Johann Lindner, Dean Ward, Ivo Danilevič, Paul Van Den Broeck, Duncan Harvey, Thomas Schroll, Gunnar Åhs, Werner Delle Karth, Aldis Intlers, Dan Humphries, Gatis Gūts, Hiroshi Suzuki, Christel Bertens, Justin Kripps, Charles Mulder, Raoul Weckbecker...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4112226 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The 2006-07 Bobsleigh World Cup is a multi race tournament over a season for bobsleigh. The season started on 27 November 2006 and ended on 25 February 2007. The World Cup is organised by the FIBT who also run world cups and championships in skeleton. ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=7853783 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Bobsleigh at the 2010 Winter Olympics, 2009-10 Bobsleigh World Cup, Bobsleigh at the 2010 Winter Olympics - Four-Man, Bobsleigh at the 2010 Winter Olympics - Two-Man, Bobsleigh at the 2010 Winter Olympics - Two-Woman. Excerpt: The 200910 Bobsleigh World Cup was a multi race tournament over a season for bobsleigh. The season started on 12 November 2009 in Park City, Utah, United States and ended on 24 January 2010 in Igls, Austria (southeast of Innsbruck). The World Cup was organised by the FIBT who also run world cups and championships in skeleton. For this season, it was sponsored by Intersport. ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=24924218 ... Read more

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Chapters: Russian National Sliding Centre, Paramonovo Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Track, Sochi Olympic Stadium, Yubileyny Sports Palace, Autodrom Moscow. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Russian National Sliding Centre is a bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track that will be located in Rzhanaya Polyana, Russia, located 60 km (37 mi) northeast of Sochi. Located in the Western Caucasus, this venue will host the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton events for the 2014 Winter Olympics. In 2006, it was announced that Russia will construct two new bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton tracks. The first track was located near Moscow while the second one would be located in Krasnaya Polyana. Sochi was chosen to host the 2014 Winter Olympics over Pyongchang, South Korea and Salzburg, Austria on 4 July 2007. By 2009, the location was changed to Rzyhanaya Polyana, located not far from Krasnaya Polyana. In their Olympic bid package, Sochi's track would cost RUB 135.7 million. Located 1215 m above sea level, the track will have permanent seating of 500, a temporary seating of 500, and a standing room crowd of 10,000 during the 2014 games. Track start heights will be 1365 meters for bobsleigh, skeleton, and men's singles luge while it will be 1325 meters for luge women's singles and men's doubles. The finish height for the track will be 1215 meters. It will have 19 curves for bobsleigh and skeleton, 20 turns for men's singles luge, and 17 turns for luge women's singles/ men's doubles. Post-Olympic usage will involve international bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton competitions and training for Russian athletes involved in those sports. during the weekend of 4-5 April 2009, a report on the track status was given at the International Luge Federation (FIL) Commissions meeting ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=15946780 ... Read more

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This is a great book for sliding tech geeks. It is only a few short pages but has every piece of engineering and technical data that you wanted to know. ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Championnats Du Monde de Bobsleigh, Championnats Du Monde de La Fibt 2009, Championnats Du Monde Fibt, Championnats Du Monde de La Fibt 2007, Championnats Du Monde de La Fibt 2008. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Les Championnats du monde de Bobsleigh est une évènement annuel hors jeux olympiques d'hiver créés en 1930. Ils sont compris dans les championnats du monde de la FIBT qui regroupe le bobsleigh et le skeleton. Depuis 2004, les épreuves de bob et de skeleton se déroulent au même endroit. Il y a quatre épreuves de bobsleigh. Tout d'abord le bob à 4 masculin depuis 1930, le bob à 2 masculin depuis 1931 et le bob à 2 féminin depuis 2000. Depuis 2007, une épreuve mixte est également présente regroupant les bobeurs et les skeletoneurs. Ces derniers ont disposés de leurs propres championnats du monde depuis 1982 pour les hommes et 2000 pour les femmes avant qu'ils soient regroupés en 2004. Les championnats du monde de bobsleigh se sont déroulés à plusieurs endroits sur deux continents différents : Des championnats du monde de skeleton se sont également déroulés en Norvège (Lillehammer), au Japon (Nagano) et en France (La Plagne). Par nation, nous avons le nombre de médailles suivant : Les championnats du monde de 1933 n'ont pas eu lieu. Les championnats du monde de 1966 ont été annulés après le décès de Toni Pensperger (Allemagne de l'Ouest durant la compétition. Les championnats du monde de 1967 qui devaient se dérouler à l'ALpez d'Huez ont été annulés en raison de fortes températures. Par nation, nous avons le nombre de médailles suivant : Par nation : au 1er mars , 2009 ...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Chapters: 2009-10 Bobsleigh World Cup. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 56. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The 200910 Bobsleigh World Cup was a multi race tournament over a season for bobsleigh. The season started on 12 November 2009 in Park City, Utah, United States and ended on 24 January 2010 in Igls, Austria (southeast of Innsbruck). The World Cup was organised by the FIBT who also run world cups and championships in skeleton. For this season, it was sponsored by Intersport. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=24924218 ... Read more

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Chapters: Sandra Kiriasis, André Lange, Wolfgang Hoppe, Bogdan Musiol, Christoph Langen, Kevin Kuske, Andreas Ostler, Meinhard Nehmer, Markus Zimmermann, Wolfgang Zimmerer, Bernhard Germeshausen, Harald Czudaj, Carsten Embach, Peter Utzschneider, Raimund Bethge, Hanns Kilian, Steffen Grummt, Dietmar Schauerhammer, Richard Adjei, Walther Von Mumm, Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt, René Hoppe, Lorenz Nieberl, Bernhard Lehmann, Sebastian Huber, Detlef Richter, Martin Putze, Berit Wiacker, Manfred Schumann, René Spies, Stefan Gaisreiter, Cathleen Martini, René Hannemann, Alexander Szelig, Olaf Hampel, Horst Floth, Andreas Kirchner, Roland Wetzig, Anja Schneiderheinze-Stöckel, Hans Rösch, Walter Steinbauer, Ingo Voge, Pepi Bader, Horst Schönau, Klaus Kotter, Thomas Florschütz, Alexander Rödiger, Franz Kemser, Franz Schelle, Fritz Grau, Albert Brehme, Yvonne Cernota, Rudolf Lochner, Franz Sagmeister, Enrico Kühn, Romy Logsch, Ludwig Siebert, Marco Jakobs, Otto Göbl, Fritz Ohlwärter, Annegret Dietrich, Axel Jang, Nicole Herschmann, Anton Fischer, Kristina Bader, Janine Tischer, Ulf Hielscher, Ulrike Holzner, Marc Kühne, Sylvester Wackerle, Hermann Von Valta, Josef Lanzendörfer, Matthias Höpfner, Andreas Barucha, Axel Kühn, Josef Sterff, Theo Kitt, Gerhard Fischer, Alex Metzger, Eberhard Weise, Karl Angerer, Max Ludwig, Fritz Schwarz, Toni Pensperger, Tomas Platzer, Walter Barfuss, Tino Bonk, Matthias Trübner, Hans Hohenester, Rolf Thielecke, Christoph Heyder, Karsten Brannasch, Dirk Wiese, Alex Mann, Jakob Resch, Georg Heibl, Heinz Busche, Bodo Ferl, Friedrich Kuhn, Hans Mehlhorn, Hans Wagner, Harald Seifert, Gregor Bermbach, Jakob Nirschl, Patricia Polifka, Claudia Schramm, Sven Rühr, Ronny Listner, Edmund Koller, Hanns Nägle, Hans Henn, Lars Behrendt, Udo Lehmann, Theodore Bauer, Hans-Joachim Schumacher, Gustav Leubner, Roland Ebert, Klaus Kopp, Günther Eger, Mario Hoyer, Valentin Krempl, Günther Neuberger, Hans Hess, Gerhard Öchsle, Helmut...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4256291 ... Read more

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Chapters: Winter Olympic Games, Ice Hockey, Snowboarding, Winter Sport, Bandy, Bobsleigh, Ski Jumping, Biathlon, Nordic Combined, Skeleton, Waterfowl Hunting, Winter Biking, Ringette, Skiboarding, Ice Fishing, Cresta Run, Manhauling, Winter Sport in Australia, Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course, Wok Racing, Snocore Tour, Ceremonial First Puck, Spongee, Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing, Snow Golf, Winter Dew Tour, Kicksled, Winter Dew Tour 2009-10, Winter Dew Tour 2008-09, Turkey Bowling, Ice Speedway, Flow Binding System, Gundersen Method, Highmarking, Ice Bowling, Snowflex, Military Patrol, Commonwealth Winter Games, Glaciarium, Rinkball, Ice Stock Sport, Skwal, Kiandra Snow Shoe Club, Snowsphere, Hangboard, Italian Winter Sports Federation, Kreisel, Skibobbing, Winter Triathlon, Vermont Association of Snow Travelers, Shuttlecock Club, St. Moritz Tobogganing Club, the Cresta Club. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 305. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Winter Olympic Games are a winter multi-sport event held every four years, starting in 1924. Consisting of winter sports, the Games have included alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping, and speed skating. Other events have been added as the Games have progressed, and some of them, such as luge, short track speed skating, and freestyle skiing have earned a permanent spot on the Olympic programme. Others, like speed skiing, bandy, and skijöring were demonstration sports but never incorporated officially as Olympic sports. The first Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. Prior to this, figure skating and ice hockey had been events at the Summer Olympics. The Games were held every four years from 1924 until 1940 when they were interr...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=34069 ... Read more

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Kapitel: Liste Der Europameister Im Bobsport, Spvgg Unterhaching, Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing, Bob- Und Schlittenverband Für Deutschland, Bsc Winterberg, Sv Ohlstadt, Opelbob, Dresdener Sportgeräte, Fünferbob. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Spielvereinigung Unterhaching is a German sports club in Unterhaching, a semi-rural municipality on the southern outskirts of the Bavarian capital Munich. The club's football team is widely known for playing in the first-division Bundesliga alongside its more famous cousins Bayern Munich and 1860 Munich for two seasons between 1999 and 2001, while the bobsleigh department has captured several world and Olympic titles. The team currently play in the 3. Liga, the German third division, having been relegated from the 2. Bundesliga in season 2006-07 and then moved into the newly created 3. Liga for 2008-09 following a reorganisation of the German league system. Originally part of the gymnastics and sports club TSV Hachinger, SpVgg Unterhaching was established as an independent football club on 1 January 1925. Their first promotion to a higher division came in 1931 and they went on to be promoted to the A-Klasse a year later. However, the club was dissolved in 1933 as it was regarded as "politically unreliable" by the Nazis and was not re-established until after the end of World War II in 1945 to resume play in the amateur fourth division B-Klasse. Unterhaching's football team was only an anonymous local amateur team with no significant successes until a climb through league ranks that began in 1976 with promotion from B-Klasse to A-Klasse play. A first place finished earned the club quick promotion to the Bezirksliga in 1977. Continued good play put the team into the fourth-division Landesliga Bayern-Süd in 1979 and then the Oberliga Bayern (III), the highest amateur division at the time, by 1981. Unterhaching finished first there in 1983 to earn an appe...http://booksllc.net/?l=de ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Silke Kraushaar-Pielach (born Silke Kraushaar on October 10, 1970 in Sonneberg) is a German luger who competed from 1995 to 2008. In June 2008, she was named sports manager for the luge section of Bob- und Schlittenverband für Deutschland (BSD - German bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton federation). Competing in three Winter Olympics, Kraushaar-Pielach won a complete set of medals in the women's singles event with a gold in 1998, a silver in 2006, and a bronze in 2002. She also won ten medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with four golds (Women's singles: 2004, Mixed team: 2000, 2001, 2007), four silvers (Women's singles: 2000, 2001; Mixed team: 1997, 1999), and two bronze (Women's singles: 2007, 2008). ... Read more

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Chapters: 1995 in Bobsleigh, 2000 in Bobsleigh, 2001 in Bobsleigh, 2002 in Bobsleigh, 2003 in Bobsleigh, 2004 in Bobsleigh, 2005 in Bobsleigh, 2006 in Bobsleigh, 2007 in Bobsleigh, 2008 in Bobsleigh, 2009 in Bobsleigh, 2010 in Bobsleigh, Bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Olympics, 2009-10 Bobsleigh World Cup, 2008-09 Bobsleigh World Cup, 2006-07 Bobsleigh World Cup, 2007-08 Bobsleigh World Cup, Fibt World Championships 2008, Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics, Fibt World Championships 2007, Fibt World Championships 2001, Fibt World Championships 2000, Fibt World Championships 2003, Fibt World Championships 2004, Fibt World Championships 2005, Fibt World Championships 1995. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 63. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The 200910 Bobsleigh World Cup was a multi race tournament over a season for bobsleigh. The season started on 12 November 2009 in Park City, Utah, United States and ended on 24 January 2010 in Igls, Austria (southeast of Innsbruck). The World Cup was organised by the FIBT who also run world cups and championships in skeleton. For this season, it was sponsored by Intersport. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=24924218 ... Read more

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Applying the vivid metaphor of "Fire on Ice", authorNelson "Chris" Stokes begins his account of the Jamaica BobsleighTeam, citing its spectacular crash at the 1988 Calgary Olympics to itstriumphs across world competition. Once a novelty portrayed in themotion picture Cool Runnings, the team has become a phenomenon, quiteunlike any other sporting enterprise, prompting journalists and sportshistorians to rave about its indomitable spirit, its uncanny survival,its crowd-pleasing collective personae.

All this is recorded in Cool Runnings and Beyond: The Story of theJamaica Bobsleigh Team where team member Stokes describes how, oncekindled, this little flame called Jamaica Bobsleigh refused tosputter, but flared like its Olympic counterpart. First dismissed as agimmick when it burst on the scene at the Calgary Games, JamaicaBobsleigh began to truly compete, and the world began taking measure.

These islanders from the tropics proved they could race on ice and if given enough practice, funds, and support, they might become medal contenders.

Now president of the Jamaica Bobsleigh Federation, Chris Stokes provides two narratives from his experience as an Olympian and a member of the world bobsleighing community. One details the personalities, those grinding training regimens, and the raw hopes and fears, disasters and determination found behind the familiar media images. Drawing from his experience within the fluid and dynamic demands of marketing Jamaica Bobsleigh, Chris also provides lessons for fundraising, building a vibrant and visionary business, and for those who would seek personal growth in context of teamwork. ... Read more

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It was great to get the background on a few contemporary men who stood up against the prejudice in this world and triumphed with hard work, passion, pride, and humor. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Skeleton or tobogganing is a fast winter sliding sport in which an individual person rides a small sled down a frozen track while lying face down, during which athletes experience forces up to 5Gs. It originated in St. Moritz, Switzerland as a spin-off from the popular British sport of Cresta Sledding. While skeleton "sliders" use similar equipment to that of cresta "riders", the two sports are different: while skeleton is run on the same track used by bobsleighs and luge, cresta is run on cresta-specific sledding tracks only. Also, the skeleton sled has no steering or braking mechanism, while cresta sledders use skates on their feet to help steer and brake the sled. ... Read more