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Published: September 27, 2006
The Olympic Winter Games is the most celebratory event dedicated to winter sports. No other winter sporting event provides such elaborate and exciting opening and closing ceremonies dedicated to Olympians and sports lovers.
The place to shine in bobsledding is at the Winter Olympics. Just ask the German bobsledding team; they killed the competition at the last Olympic Winter Games!
Olympic bobsledding requires the utmost in preparation, training and concentration.
Because the race is so ephemeral, bobsledders actually spend more time getting ready for the Olympic competition than some other competitions. The athletes at an Olympic bobsledding race only get one chance to "go for the gold," and this takes more focus of athletic will and strength than perhaps playing a game. At least in a basketball game, there are more opportunities to turn the event over and win the gold.
One example showcasing how critical an Olympic bobsled race can be is that of Todd Hays. Todd Hays raced for the U.S. bobsledding team the February 2006 Winter Games. He started out his athletic life as a college football player and coach, before becoming an Olympic bobsledder. He even took a 12 year leave from his former sport for bobsledding. Once he got the fever for bobsledding, he decided to train rigorously and completely invest himself in the world of bobsledding. But, in lieu of his efforts, he did not get the gold he was going for. In fact, he ended up in seventh place, falling short of his Olympic dreams.
If someone as hopeful and well-celebrated as Todd Hays – who was anticipated by the bobsledding community to win the Olympic gold medal – is not "gold-worthy," then that simply shows Olympic bobsledding involves a tricky game of chance. Getting down the track takes preparation, training and concentration, but actually winning takes something a little outside of those means: an element of luck.
The next Olympic bobsledding race will take place in 2010 at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Perhaps the U.S. bobsledding team will take home Olympic gold...perhaps not. Regardless, no medal can ever take the place of what a true Olympian feels. As for bobsledders, it's all about the rush of going down that track at lightning speed and being at the Olympics. That itself is worth celebrating.
Sources:
International Olympic Committee. 15 September 2006. .
Microsoft NBC. 15 September 2006. .
The place to shine in bobsledding is at the Winter Olympics. Just ask the German bobsledding team; they killed the competition at the last Olympic Winter Games!
Olympic bobsledding requires the utmost in preparation, training and concentration.
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One example showcasing how critical an Olympic bobsled race can be is that of Todd Hays. Todd Hays raced for the U.S. bobsledding team the February 2006 Winter Games. He started out his athletic life as a college football player and coach, before becoming an Olympic bobsledder. He even took a 12 year leave from his former sport for bobsledding. Once he got the fever for bobsledding, he decided to train rigorously and completely invest himself in the world of bobsledding. But, in lieu of his efforts, he did not get the gold he was going for. In fact, he ended up in seventh place, falling short of his Olympic dreams.
If someone as hopeful and well-celebrated as Todd Hays – who was anticipated by the bobsledding community to win the Olympic gold medal – is not "gold-worthy," then that simply shows Olympic bobsledding involves a tricky game of chance. Getting down the track takes preparation, training and concentration, but actually winning takes something a little outside of those means: an element of luck.
The next Olympic bobsledding race will take place in 2010 at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Perhaps the U.S. bobsledding team will take home Olympic gold...perhaps not. Regardless, no medal can ever take the place of what a true Olympian feels. As for bobsledders, it's all about the rush of going down that track at lightning speed and being at the Olympics. That itself is worth celebrating.
Sources:
International Olympic Committee. 15 September 2006. .
Microsoft NBC. 15 September 2006. .
