boblet

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A "boblet" is a two-person bobsled. Bobsledding is a sport where participants slide down an ice-covered incline on a sled carrying one, two, or four people. The sport originated in the 1880s in New York and the Swiss Alps. Competitors adopted a "bobbing" technique to increase speed, giving the sport its name. Bobsledding became an international sport in 1923 and was included in the first Olympic Winter Games in 1924. Races take place on tracks with many turns, and sleds can reach speeds of up to 90 miles per hour.12

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…are used: one-person monobobs; two-person boblets, as they often are called in Europe; and four-person bobsleighs. Rules limit combined team and sled weights to 390.5 kg (861 pounds) for men’s boblet and 631 kg (1,391 pounds) for men’s bobsleigh. The maximum team-and-sled weight for the women’s monobob is 248.5 kg…
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…are used: one-person monobobs; two-person boblets, as they often are called in Europe; and four-person bobsleighs. Rules limit combined team and sled weights to 390.5 kg (861 pounds) for men’s boblet and 631 kg (1,391 pounds) for men’s bobsleigh. The maximum team-and-sled weight for the women’s monobob is 248.5 kg…
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