Watching these athletes for over a week now, I am actually quite amazed by the lack of support staff...Everything that needs to be done (and there is a lot that needs to be done!!) is done by the athletes: preparing the sleds, loading and storing the sleds, repair and on and on... Bobsledders spent about two hours before a run and one hour after a run on looking after the sleds! That time is on top of working on their personal fitness levels! But then again: maybe guys just enjoy hanging out together and pretending to work with some screws and bolts?!
In this regards soccer players are sissies...they just have to show up for the game and (maybe) bring their cleats. Everything else is taken care of! The advantage of soccer is that it is a team sport....and there are always substitute players that are called substitutes! In Bobsleigh never call the second brake person spare or substitute!!! Big faux pas!
I am not sure what they are officially called, but maybe "team mate, who only starts sometimes"?!
PS: I am very proud of this picture!! Do you know how hard it is to catch a bobsled going at 130km/h with a normal camera???
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Hi Kirsten, Terrific Blog, I'll be checking regularly. We are all now expecting great things from our Canadian Bobsled/Skeleton team with you at the organizing end. Those athletes have never had it so good.
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