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Weepings and wailings and gnashings of teeth recently rent the air as coaches and other athletic officals lamented this country's poor performance in the Winter Olympics. The consensus around the stadia and other such national focal points seems to be that a mediocre bobsled team indicates a mediocre country...
For one thing, the weather has been bad, i.e., good.* There was an acute snow shortage. Days of bright sunshine softened the ski runs. Slush filled Cortina's streets. Flags of competing nations hung limp in the warm air. As the bobsled run slowly spoiled in the heat, national...
¶ Whipping down a practice bobsled run, Belgium's Charles de Sorger wound up with a broken arm and an injured spine.
The European tour begins with a heart-stopping panorama of the Alps, as the plane glides over them toward the Zurich airport; then on to a rattling good bobsled run and a grand ski-daddle down the famous slope at Davos. Off to Paris: quick looks at the city, the...
Older than international bobsledding itself, Feierabend sleds have been bobbing down the chutes for more than 50 years. First built by Fritz's father, Carl, a peppery little (110 Ib.) character who took his last bobsled ride ten years ago at the age of 68, the sleds are no more than a flexible framework of tubular steel mounted on two sets of strong steel runners. Just about the only way they differ is in the steering apparatus. Most drivers prefer a wheel. Ham-handed Fritz Feierabend uses short ropes hooked directly to the steering runners. "With ropes...