Word: bobsledding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Viewed head on and from a distance, the train of the future looks like an overgrown bobsled on stilts. As it approaches on its track, 23 ft. above the ground, it fails almost all the tests of recognition: there are no engines, no wheels, no rails. Most astonishing of all...
The most literal-minded mountain bikers are the "gravity" riders, who strip off the pedals, strap on a helmet, station themselves at the top of the steepest incline they can find and go like a bobsled. Says Scot Breithaupt of Palm Springs, Calif., a former motorcycle racer: "It's a...
Harvard also suffers in another area--lack of experience. The Crimson is hurting for experience in the 400-meter hurdles, partly because of Don Lavigne's absence. Lavigne is on leave after competing on the U.S. bobsled team at the Olympic Games in Calgary. Freshman Allan Andrews will take Lavigne...
Athletic glamour and grandeur are often in the eye of local beholders. To U.S. viewers, no amount of informative programming will make the luge, bobsled and . Nordic combined more than curiosity-shop events -- a job only American medals would do. But fans in other countries had cause to rejoice in...
That put only a temporary damper on the party being thrown by the athletic % underclass. Most were even making plans for 1992 and beyond. "I've got at least two more Olympics in me," declares Gonzalez. Fellow Luger Tucker is also future-gazing. "Maybe," he says, "it's time to...