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"We're delighted Don's back on the team." said David E. Hyme, executive director of the Bobsled Federation. "What's been misconstrued here is this idea that we didn't want Don on the team. We were just abiding by the rules that were laid down to us."
Under Olympic regulations, each country's bobsled team is allowed to bring only 12 athletes to the games. The International Olympic Committee made a special ruling allowing the U.S. team to bring a thirteenth sledder. The top two sleds compete, while the third comes as an alternate.
LaVigne's replacement and reinstatement have hurt morale on the U.S. bobsled, which is not expected to win a medal.
Harvard bobsledder Donald LaVigne '88-89 has been reinstated as a "participating member" of the United States Bobsled Team by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), lawyers for LaVigne announced yesterday.
However, a top official of the United States Bobsled Federation said yesterday that "it's not clear" whether LaVigne will be able to regain his position on the third sled. International Bobsled Federation rules limit participating nations to 12 athletes per team. With the IOC ruling, LaVigne became the 13th...