Bobsleigh Wintertime Sport

Bobsledding, also called bobsleighing, the sport of sliding down an ice-covered natural or artificial incline on a four-runner sled, called a bobsled, bobsleigh, or bob, that carries either two or four persons.

Bobsledding, also called bobsleighing, the sport of sliding down an ice-covered natural or artificial incline on a four-runner sled, called a bobsled, bobsleigh, or bob, that carries either two or four persons.

Rules of Bobsledding

Vehicle Weight:

Every bobsleigh vehicle has limitations on weight (including crew members) for an Olympic games race. The regulations are as follows: 토토사이트

Four-Man Race: 630kg
Two-Man Race: 390 kg
Two-Woman Race: 340kg

When a race reaches its conclusion, a series of tests are conducted to ensure that athletes and vehicles have met the required regulations. If weight has been exceeded, an inquiry is launched, and the team risks being disqualified from the race (and tournament) entirely.

Athlete Safety

Every bobsleigh athlete is required to wear a set of protective clothing. This includes:

Helmets
Eye Goggles
Uniforms
Spike Shoes
Kevlar Vests (for brakemen in order to prevent friction burns)

Bobsleigh Track
There are strict racetrack design regulations enforced by governing bodies in bobsleigh in order minimise the risk of injuries.
Tracks must be between 1200 – 1300 metres in length
Tracks must accommodate vehicles so that speeds of 80-100 miles per hour can be attained in the first 250 metres.
Tracks must be designed at an elevated level that slopes downhill, dropping from 110 metres to 125 metres.

History of Bobsleigh

Bobsleigh is a winter sport invented by the Swiss in the late 1860s, in which teams make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled.

19th Century Beginnings
The sport of bobsleigh didn't begin until the late 19th century, when the Swiss attached two skeleton sleds together and added a steering mechanism to make a toboggan. A chassis was added to give protection to wealthy tourists, and the world's first bobsleigh club was founded in St. Moritz, Switzerland in 1897.

Super Heavy
By the 1950s, the critical importance of the start had been recognized, and athletes with explosive strength from other sports were drawn to bobsledding. In 1952, a critical rule change limiting the total weight of crew and sled ended the era of the super-heavyweight bobsledder and rebalanced the sport as an athletic contest.