Bobsledding is a winter Olympic sport where teams of athletes pilot a sled down an ice track at speeds over 80 mph. It originated in the late 1800s in Switzerland as an activity involving racing sleds down snow-covered hills. Modern bobsleds are made of aluminum and steel with metal runners, and races involve teams of 2 or 4 athletes pushing the sled at the start before jumping aboard to navigate the track through turns. Training for bobsledding requires extensive strength and speed work by athletes who may train over 10 hours per day to achieve the skills and fitness needed to compete at the Olympic level.

2. Bobsledding is a well known Olympic
sport that has been around for more
than 500 years according to local
Canadian citizen and bobsled
follower, Dominique May. It is performed
by people from all over the world mostly
in country's were there is lots of snow and
ice although one country went to the
extreme of doing it in Jamaica for a film
which was shot in 1993.

3. Bobsledding is a well known sport invented by the
Swiss in the late 1860s. Teams would run down
narrow, twisting tunnels that were roofless and made
of thick layers of ice. The very first bobsleigh event
was held in Europe in the 1800s. Both men and
women were allowed to compete in the events.

4. Bobsledding was discovered when someone
decided to tell some racers and runners to race
down a hill while they jump into a small toboggan.
The racers thought they could go faster by
bobbing forward and backward with their bodies.
While that failed, the name was created
BOBSLEDDING.

6. These days bobsleds are made of aluminium and steel with metal
runners on the bottom 2 at the front 2 at the back. The two
different bobsleds (two men and four men) are a little different in
size and how much they can hold. The two men bobsled also
known as a boblet is 2.7 metres long and the weight with the two
athletes in it is around 390kg and the four man is 3.8 metres and
can hold a weight of around 630kg. It has a hole a the back where
the brake man can jump in while the other athletes push the
bobsled and jump in the sides. They have small seats for the
athletes to sit in while they are inside the bobsled.

7. A bobsled race starts off when the racers or
passengers start to push the sled down the track
for about 8 or 9 metres running as fast as they
can and then they jump in with the driver in the
front and the brakes person at the back. The
other two in the middle help to lean the sled in
what ever direction they need to go.

8. Cool running's was an amazing American sports
movie about how 4 men decided to see if they could
manage what seemed the impossible. Its an inspiring
story about how a runner decided to get three of his
mates and see if in 50 degree heat they could learn an
ice sport! The team make it all the way to the
Canadian Olympics where they have a horrible crash
and instead of medics rushing them to hospital they
make it all the way to the end carrying the bobsled
with them. It is an inspiring movie showing
anything is possible if you put your mind to it!

9. The uniform is as all the Jamaican
uniforms for the Olympics with the
colours green, yellow and black.
The helmet is a bright yellow so that
the crowd could never miss when
the team tore up the ice !
The team have a stripe at the leg of
the uniform to be creative. They
even got personalised jackets to
keep from “freezing to death!”

10. The quote the team say before their last race is.....
Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme, get on up, its bobsled
time, cool runningsssssssssssssssss!!
Another quote is... some people say and cant believe
Jamaica we have a bobsled team we have my man
derice and a one junior and usanka were the fastest of
the fastest Jamaican sprinters go to Olympics fight for
Jamaica ;)!!
My favourite quote from the film is, if we look
Jamaican, walk Jamaican, talk Jamaican and is
Jamaican then we show ourselves in a bobsled as
Jamaican.

11. In 1928 the bobsledding event was a 5 man.
Each year from then it has been either 2 men, 2
women or 4 men. There is also a different kind of
bobsledding called skeleton bobsledding its were
you have a little board and you jump on it like it
was a board you put under yourself and push off
and you lay down and zoom around the track.

12. The winter Olympics in 2010 were held in
Vancouver Canada. The opening ceremony
was absolutely breath taking (as I was able
to watch some of it myself!!). There were
many wins and many tears but none the
less none of the competitors gave up but
tried so hard and were not going to let a
couple of tears get between them and a
gold medal!

13. There are 9 members of the Australian bobsled
team. There names and roles are…
• Heath Spence (Pilot)
• Ben Lisson (Brakeman/ 3 man)
• Gareth Chev Nichols (2man)
• Duncan Harvey (Brakeman/ Crew)
• Lucas Mata (Brakeman)
• Anthony Ryan (Brakeman/Crew)
• Brad Prestige (Brakeman/ Crew)
• Josh Dimitriou (Brakeman/Crew/Runner
Polisher and Water Boy)
• Dustin MacPherson (Brakeman/ Crew)

14. There are many different sponsors for They are now well known all over
the many different teams but for the the world thanks to our amazing
Australian bobsled team our sponsors bobsledding team the Spence BOB
are true blue…. squad!!! Not many of you will have
4 caring.org heard of it but if you get time to
watch the bobsledding at the winter
Apsley ski lodge Olympics in2014 then no doubt you
A.Abbott locksmiths will see them, along with the world
famous Jamaican bobsled team!
Coceptum logistics
Peros Australia and many many more.

15. There are many different bobsledders from all over the world and
from many different cultures. There are also many well known
bobsledders who are from Australia as well. As you can see at the
bottom of the screen there are two young men who are sitting in a
green and gold bobsled in what seems a street in Sydney but theses
two boys are getting some practise for the winter Olympics in soci
Russia. Their names are Aaron Simson-Woods (left) and Rob
Stewart (right). Their lucky number is 26!!!

16. Torino
2006
Vancouver In this decade there have been 3 winter
2010 Olympics and in the 2002 Olympics there
were lots of medals won by lots of different
countries.
Germany won 4 gold and the US won 4 silver
along with 4 bronze
In 2006 Germany conquered again with 4
gold again (that’s two years in a row)
however that year Russia caught up with 4
silvers and a country called Sui won 4 bronze
Salt lake In 2010 it was the big one………. with the US
city 2002 winning 4 gold and just on there tail
Germany with 4 silver and Canada with 4
bronze.

17. The first medal won for bobsledding was won in
1924 Chamonix. A gold went to Switzerland a
silver to great Britain and a bronze to Belgium.
There was some cheers and tears but in the end it
was just the Olympics (no big deal or anything).
The First Winter Olympics was held in 1924 and
with all of these new sports bobsledding was a
most unusual sport as only the rich and famous
could afford one which is still the case today but
in a town like Tamworth who needs one!

18. Brakes: are applied by lifting a lever that lowers metal teeth
into the ice!
Push handles: The side push handles must be strong. All
push handles are used to push the bobsled at the start and
fold inside the sled to help glide easier along the track.
Helmet: A high-tech plastic composite helmet must be worn
to protect the head. Many have shades to protect the
eyes, or the runner can use goggles.
Start shoes: are made of a solid material and have spikes in
the bottom to help them run on the ice, they also help with
grip.
Sled: The sled consists of a main frame, a front and rear
axle, and two sets of independent steel runners. The shell is
made of a high protected fiboglass.

19. Training to be a bobsledder for the Olympics is
just like any other sport you have to train
almost every day to achieve the great that will
wait a head of you most of the Australian
bobsled team like to train together as it is
more fun and you have someone to tell you
where you have gone wrong and where you can
improve.

20. To train most of the athletes do sit ups, push
ups, squats, crunches sprints from 200metres all
the way up to 800metres. They train up to 10
hours a day with only a few breaks in between
and after all the training is done they go home
and sleep then get up the next morning and do it
all again tomorrow. When it is the year of the
Olympics they train even harder so that they get
better and hope to ( in the long run ) win a gold
medal for there superior skills but none of this is
possible if they don't train hard enough

21. Bobsledding has become so popular in the last 5 years
there has been books made about it there have
been movies made about the sport and there has
also been a video game. One of the games is Mario
and Sonic at the Olympic winter games and there
you can play either skeleton or bobsleigh. This is
just one of the video games made with bobsledding
as the main event or one of the sports that you can
select. There are some books that tell you how the
sport began or why I was created but there are to
many to say so I'll just go with lots!

22. All the timing is normally done electronically
and the times are only recorded at the start
and at the end of the race. However at certain
stages of the race times will be taken to show
drivers and coaches how they can improve
there speed and compare it to other teams.
They can also be put on the fastest time board if
they get great speeds but it would not be
possible if they didn’t time it.

23. The fastest recorded time in the Olympics was in
2002 when the 2women bobsled finished with
an amazing time of 1minute and 37seconds.
The amazing women who did this were,Jill
Bakken Vonetta Flowers who were both from
the USA.
The men's fastest recorded time was a massive
3minutes and 7secondswhich was put in by the
4 men's team, the athletes are Andre
Lange, Kevin Kuske, Carsten Embach and Enrico
Kuhn.

24. This sport has been improved dramatically since
the beginning examples are …….
Wooden bobsleds to metal bobsleds.
Jumping out to stop it and brakes.
Steering by leaning and now there is a special
set of ropes that the driver pulls to steer.
From snowy slopes to smooth ice tracks.
From the rich playing on them down their icy
hills to battling it out for the Olympics!!!

25. I chose bobsledding because I thought it would
be a little different to what any of you did but I
also thought that seeing as though not many of
you would have heard about it or known much
about it so in other words I thought it would be
unique. I also chose it because I have seen
bobsledding on TV and it is quite interesting to
see how each of the different countries use
different techniques!!!!

26. In this PowerPoint I have hopefully shown you all
you need to know about bobsledding. I chose
this sport as I thought it would be unique as
not many of you would have known much about
the sport until you saw this presentation. I
hope you enjoyed having learnt a little bit
about bobsledding!!!

28. WWW. Winterolympics/bobsledding.com.au
www. Ehow.com
www.coolrunnings.com
www.aussie bobsledteam.com
www.bosledding.com
www.fuzilogic.com