Whistler
Bobsled is an Olympic sport where either 2 or 4 men/women get into a small aerodynamic sled and go down and ice track. It is very popular in places that have a large amount of snow during the winter or year around. Images and technicals of a bobsled can be viewed in the link below.
Speed Skating
Through the 2006 Games in Turin, none. Australia has won 3 gold medals at the Winter Games, all in individual events (2 in freestyle skiing and 1 in short track speed skating). Australia has won a bronze medal in a team event, that being the men's 5,000 meter short track speed skating relay at the 1994 Games in Lillehammer.
The first sport played in Greece was just foot racing. But then after the Olympics were founded, all kind of sports that are played today became a major part of their life.
Germany won 26 medals (10 gold, 10 silver, 6 bronze) at the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville. That ranked first of all countries participating. The 10 gold medals also ranked first.
Bobsled, Luge, and Skeleton
The 4-man bobsled has been around since the very first Winter Olympics in 1924, with the following two exceptions: In 1928 it was the 5-man bobsled. In 1960 the event was not held because the organizers didn't want to build a bobsled track.
Bobsled is an Olympic sport where either 2 or 4 men/women get into a small aerodynamic sled and go down and ice track. It is very popular in places that have a large amount of snow during the winter or year around. Images and technicals of a bobsled can be viewed in the link below.
Luge hits about 93 max on the vancuver track, bobsled goers about 89 or so max.
Alpine Skiing, Biathlon, Bobsled, Cross-country Skiing, Curling, Figure Skating, Freestyle Skiing, Ice Hockey, Luge, Nordic Combined, Short Track Speed Skating, Skeleton, Ski Jumping, Snowboarding, Speed Skating
The current world record holder for the men's two-man bobsled is Switzerland, set at the 2020-2021 World Cup event in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The women's two-woman bobsled world record is held by Germany, set at the 2020-2021 World Cup event in Winterberg, Germany.
No, but one is being built and will be ready in 2014.
Lolo Jones is a track and field and bobsled athlete.
Speed Skating
Skeleton -- like other outdoor winter sports such as skiing, bobsled and luge -- doesn't have a stadium or arena so much as they have a track. Spectators can line up along the track (at a safe distance, of course) and watch their favorite athletes as they speed by.
because a kid named bob loved to bobsled and he was famous for it that's why they call it BOB SLED ...get it
alpine skiing, biathlon, bobsled, cross-country skiing, curling, figure skating, freestyle skiing, ice hockey, luge, short track speed skating, skeleton, ski jumping, snowboarding, speed skating