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bobsledding: Quick Facts

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Also Known As bobsleighing

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Vonetta Flowers and Jill Bakken
U.S. bobsled team
Rounding a bend
Bobsledding, luge, and skeleton sledding courses
Two-person boblet
Ingrīda Amantova
Kaillie Humphries and Phylicia George
On the track
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Key People

Kaillie Humphries
Kaillie Humphries
Canadian-American bobsledder
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André Lange
German bobsleigh driver
Steven Holcomb
Steven Holcomb
American athlete
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Eddie Eagan
American boxer and bobsledder
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Eugenio Monti
Italian bobsledder

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