Sentences with word «bobsledder»

Byrne is hoping to make a second run for the seat this year, but he'll first have to beat former Olympic bobsledder Russ Finley and former St. Lawrence County legislator William Sheridan on Tuesday.

The lawmaker faces a growing field of challengers seeking to deny her a third term, including two Republicans who have filed paperwork with the FEC: Russell Finley, a cattle farmer and former bobsledder from St. Lawrence County, and Steve Schnibbe of Saranac Lake.

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Canadian bobsledder Christopher Spring went to try on his suit for the race and had a bit of a Tommy Boy incident.

Canadian bobsledder Christopher Spring went to try on his suit for the race and had a bit of a Tommy Boy...

Designing gear for elite athletes may seem like a dream job for a sports enthusiast like Caine, who has had several career highlights working with elite athletes, including working on the helmet that skeleton bobsledder Amy Williams wore when she won the gold medal during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Even if they borrow sleds, the U.S. bobsledders might only get the customary six practice runs to learn the new sled and track.

A couple of bobsledders, their minds fixed by no means dreamily on the winning of the Olympics, have been seen lately sitting in a sled in a wind tunnel and trailing bits of string in the airstream.

In September 2013, author Jeremy Freeborn interviewed Olympic and world champion bobsledder Kaillie Humphries for The Canadian Encyclopedia (via e-mail exchange).

At Lake Placid, Lithuanian bobsledders brought pillowcases with stuff to sell for cash, and it was the same in Calgary, Greensfelder remembered.

It's all about your mindset, says 28 - year - old bobsledder Carlo Valdes.

The flag was jointly carried by South Korean bobsledder Won Yun - jong and North Korean ice hockey player Hwang Chung - gum, according to The Guardian.

The most recent rulings from the IOC came at the end of December and banned 11 more athletes: Luge competitors Tatiana Ivanova and Albert Demchenko; speed skaters Ivan Skobrev and Artem Kuznetcov; cross-country skiers Nikita Kryukov, Alexander Bessmertnykh, and Natalia Matveeva; bobsledders Liudmila Udobkina and Maxim Belugin; and ice hockey players Tatiana Burina and Anna Shchukina.

He was an accomplished bobsledder, swimmer and jai alai player — a superb athlete.

The two bobsledders looked at each other and shook their heads, conveying that something was not quite right with the aerodynamics.

«I'm the ideal size for roller coasters,» says the 5» 8», 160 - pound Rodriguez, a high school gymnast and serious amateur bobsledder.

«I give most of mine away to kids,» says bobsledder Matt Roy of Lake Placid, who nevertheless still has a collection of 200.

Jimmy Vicaut and Christophe Lemaitre race in front of home fans in the 100m, with sprinter turned bobsledder Joel Fearon and his fellow British sub-10 second man Chijindu Ujah also racing, while world pole vault record - holder Renaud Lavillenie is another home favourite in action.

Essex County officials aren't releasing final toxicology and autopsy reports on the cause and manner of death of bobsled gold medalist Steve Holcomb, because the late bobsledder's family has threatened to sue the county coroner if he releases details.

Nutrition, performance, and training are all important aspects of being a good bobsledder.

It helps bobsledders develop an explosive start, which could make the difference of standing on the podium or not.

Relaxing is a disk - based part of envying psychic bobsledders.

Two Jamaicans make their way to Calgary as long - shot bobsledders in the 1988 Olympics.

February 24, 2018 • Russian bobsledder Nadezhda Sergeeva has been disqualified from the Winter Games, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said Saturday.

Nigerian bobsledder Akuoma Omeoga (second left) embraces teammate Aminat Odunbaku (second right) during the women's bobsled heats on Feb. 21.

Companions for Heroes facilitated Sassy's adoption, and as soon as Jason, a champion Paralympic bobsledder, returned from his bobsled races a month after meeting her, he raced to New York to pick up his new girl.

There's a bit of a rougher edge around this ski - jumping story than the Disney - fied tale of Jamaican bobsledders, and Fletcher certainly plays with the PG - 13 rating at various points.

The state Board of Elections had not received petitions from Russell Finley, a St. Lawrence County cattle farmer and former U.S. Olympic bobsledder, by the end of Friday.

The driver lies in the cockpit headfirst like a skeleton bobsledder, with all necessary information projected onto his or her helmet visor.

Stefanik faces primary challenges from Russell Finley, a St. Lawrence County cattle farmer and former bobsledder, and Steven Schnibbe of Saranac Lake.

The bobsledder also warns against being complacent.

In the scene, Darice asks Irv why he cheated when he was a bobsledder on the American team, costing himself a gold medal.

What do they do, all these speed skaters and Nordic skiers, bobsledders and biathletes?

Tardits plans on a career in international investments, but not before traveling Down Under to play Australian football, becoming an Olympic bobsledder and, especially, surfing in Hawaii.

For ski jumping, snow can be trucked down to fill in for what has failed to fall, the cross-country skiers can move to higher and colder ground, the bobsledders can perhaps compete on ice from the early morning freeze.

Skaters and skiers and bobsledders, practicing under these obscene conditions, have taken nasty spills and some have been thereby eliminated from the Olympics before they could test themselves in competition.

He'd go on to be a 1992 Olympic bobsledder and an MMA fighter at age 49.

The bobsledders who win on the Canada Olympic Park run will probably beat 80 mph on their way to gold

Many bodybuilders would envy the musculature of elite rowers and bobsledders.

My background in weightlifting and bodybuilding carry over significantly in my career as a bobsledder.

When I said «to see a movie about Jesse Owens, the 1936 Olympian,» I was then asked, «Oh, he was that bobsledder, right?»

Drooping like plastic bags — Two pounds of salt in each My skin goes over my head like a bobsledder's bodysuit

Her top 3 favorite stories she's ever written are: interviewing an Olympic bobsledder, riding in a fully self - driving car, and a column about disconnecting from tech (largely because it featured her dog, Merlin).