Word: sleds
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Other U.S. bobsledders have rallied to supportLa Vigne. According to La Vigne, Rushlaw and USAII driver Matt Roy have declared that they willnot accept Gault into their sleds even if asked todo so by the Federation. Under Federation rules,drivers make the final choice on the members oftheir sled teams...
...this point, we should perhaps head off one possible criticism of our argument: that the Olympics are technically an international event. But if the Olympics aren't wholly American, how does one explain the fact that dancing with ribbons and sled-riding are both featured sports? Only in the Land of TV could such things be possible...
Donald La Vigne '88-89, a three-year member of the varsity track team, was told by his coach last Thursday that Gault had beaten him out as a brakeman on the U.S. third sled. Only the first two sleds are expected to compete...
...situation where a professional athlete can participate in his sport all fall, waive the Olympic trials, push a sled a couple of times, and be selected merely on the coach's discretion alone is clearly not justified," La Vigne said...
Rather, La Vigne said, Gault was placed on thealternate team because that was the only one thecoach could put a racer on at the last minute. Hesaid that Gault could be promoted to a top sled,however, after being made a member of the team...