- Bobsleigh - Wikipedia
Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams of 2 to 4 athletes make timed speed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (formerly the FIBT) [1]
- Bobsledding | History, Rules, Facts | Britannica
Bobsledding developed in the 1880s both in the lumbering towns of upstate New York and at the ski resorts of the Swiss Alps The first organized competition (among teams consisting of three men and two women) was held in 1898 on the Cresta Run at Saint Moritz, Switzerland
- IBSF | International Bobsleigh Skeleton Federation: Bobsleigh
In 1897, the world's first bobsleigh club was founded in St Moritz, Switzerland, spurring the growth of the sport in winter resorts throughout Europe By 1914, bobsled races were taking place on a wide variety of natural ice courses
- Olympedia – Bobsleigh
Bobsledding as a sport originated in Switzerland in 1888, when an American, Wilson Smith (who often visited relatives in Britain), connected two sleighs with a board to travel from St Moritz to Celerina
- What is the Sport of Bobsleigh - Bobsleigh UK
Since then bobsleigh has become a Winter Olympic sport and is now raced in highly refined aerodynamic sleds which can travel at speeds approaching 100 miles an hour over a 1-mile track The team of athletes will push the sled at the top of the track, and then load in
- Bobsleighing | Sports | Rules of Sport
Bobsleighing, also known as 'bobsledding', is a high-speed winter racing sport where teams (of two or four, depending on the type of event) hop aboard sleds and travel down curved ice tracks
- All You Need to Know About Bobsleigh | Rules, History How to Play
The Bobsleigh is a fascinating winter sport that makes use of gravity to move a sleigh through the race course, twisting and turning through a narrow, banked ice track The time taken to complete the race is used to calculate the final score The game is often referred to as Bobsled, Bob or King’s Class and it was first played in the 1870s
- Bobsleigh - BBC Sport
The home of Bobsleigh on BBC Sport online Includes the latest news stories, results, fixtures, video and audio
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