BOBSLEIGH: The big men of winter sport start their Olympic season on the bobsleigh track in Calgary, late on Friday morning (AEDT) and Australia is well represented.
BOBSLEIGH: The big men of winter sport start their Olympic season on the bobsleigh track in Calgary, late on Friday morning (AEDT) and Australia is well represented.
Pilot Heath Spence will contest both two-man races over two days with brakeman Duncan Harvey. Then the two four-man events will be held on Sunday with Spence being pushed by a combination of Harvey, Lucas Mata, Gareth Nichols and Anthony Ryan.
It is not only Spence’s ‘home track’ but his workplace. For the past four years, 33-year-old Spence has driven Canadians and international tourists wanting the bobsleigh experience, down the track built for the 1988 Olympic Games.
Racing will be fierce at the NorAm Cup event as countries chase crucial Olympic qualification points. In total there are 33 sleds from 16 nations including Russia, USA, Canada, Monaco, France, Romania, Netherlands, Croatia and Slovakia sending World Cup standard teams to compete.
The Australians are looking for a strong start to the season after an intensive preparation and fast training runs in Calgary this week.
Harvey and Ryan are both Olympians from Vancouver 2010 and the experienced squad is aiming to secure Olympic qualification and produce Australia’s best results at the Sochi Games in February 2014.
Spence communicating with his fans during the week wrote, “This year without a doubt we have assembled the strongest most competitive team Australia has ever seen in bobsleigh and I am proud to be a part of this.”
Following racing this week, the action in North America will move to Park City, USA where the men will be joined by the Australian women from 22-27 November.
Check back to olympics.com.au for updates from Calgary and get to know the Australian bobsleigh athletes courageously chasing their Sochi 2014 Olympic dream.
The big men of winter sport start their Olympic season on the bobsleigh track in Calgary, late on Friday morning (AEDT) and Australia is well represented.
Pilot Heath Spence will contest both two-man races over two days with brakeman Duncan Harvey. Then the two four-man events will be held on Sunday with Spence being pushed by a combination of Harvey, Lucas Mata, Gareth Nichols and Anthony Ryan.
It is not only Spence’s ‘home track’ but his workplace. For the past four years, 33-year-old Spence has driven Canadians and international tourists wanting the bobsleigh experience, down the track built for the 1988 Olympic Games.
Racing will be fierce at the NorAm Cup event as countries chase crucial Olympic qualification points. In total there are 33 sleds from 16 nations including Russia, USA, Canada, Monaco, France, Romania, Netherlands, Croatia and Slovakia sending World Cup standard teams to compete.
The Australians are looking for a strong start to the season after an intensive preparation and fast training runs in Calgary this week.
Harvey and Ryan are both Olympians from Vancouver 2010 and the experienced squad is aiming to secure Olympic qualification and produce Australia’s best results at the Sochi Games in February 2014.
Spence communicating with his fans during the week wrote, “This year without a doubt we have assembled the strongest most competitive team Australia has ever seen in bobsleigh and I am proud to be a part of this.”
Following racing this week, the action in North America will move to Park City, USA where the men will be joined by the Australian women from 22-27 November.
Check back to olympics.com.au for updates from Calgary and get to know the Australian bobsleigh athletes courageously chasing their Sochi 2014 Olympic dream.
