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Is It Really That Easy to be an Olympic Bobsledder?

Here Comes Sochi

Track and field star Lolo Jones may earn a spot on the Olympic bobsled squad after only one year of training. Was Cool Runnings right about how easy sliding sports are?

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Bobsledders, lugers, and skeleton athletes cruise down an icy track, in some cases with their faces just inches from the frozen surface, at upwards of 100 miles an hour.

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