Head-first, chin centimetres from the ice, on a sled with no steering and no brakes, at up to 130 km/h. Eight tools take you from confused to the sharpest eye in the room.
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Head-first, chin centimetres from the ice, on a sled with no steering and no brakes, at up to 130 km/h. Steering is done with tiny shifts of the shoulders and knees. It is the simplest and most alarming of the sliding sports.
Britain, Germany, Latvia, Russia, the United States, Canada, Austria and South Korea.
Most athletes are recruited in their late teens or twenties from sprinting, because the running push start matters enormously. Very few grow up doing it.
Britain's women's programme has an exceptional Olympic record; Germany, Latvia and South Korea are the other consistent forces.
There is no track in South Africa, but as with bobsleigh the sport recruits sprinters and does its push training on wheeled rigs — which is how athletes from warm countries have reached the Olympics.
Head-first at 130km/h with no SA track — one for the watching list. Push trials are the real door.
The start (sprint) · Steering a curve · The aerodynamic shape · Driving the fast line · Stillness at full speed
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