Word: bobsledded
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The Harvard sledder complained that Gault, who was a world-class sprinter before playing football, hadn't been to Olympic trials and still didn't have good enough times to qualify. In interviews after his dismissal, LaVigne charged that Gault's addition to the team was part of "an arrangement...
But last week, the coach of the U.S. bobsled team said Gault was the swifter pusher. "We can only take 12 people to Calgary and Gault was the better pusher," said Jeffrey W. Jost.
Yet in one of the stranger twists in this year's Winter Olympics it was LaVigne--not Gault--who has been showered with media attention, although perhaps without the beneficial effects for the Bobsled Federation. LaVigne's story has been front-page fare for the New York Times Sports section...
LaVigne and Gault are both pushers, the position responsible for giving the bobsled its initial momentum on its run down the narrow, icy course. LaVigne and Gault both ran track in college.
And for La Vigne, the wait finally ended yesterday. La Vigne, who thought he had made the team as a brakeman on the third U.S. sled, was removed last week in favor of professional football player Willie Gault. La Vigne was in the process of appealing his case to the...