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Bobsledding is a well known Olympic sport that has been around for more than 500 years according to local Canadian citizen and bobsled follower, Dominique May. It is performed by people from all over the world mostly in country's were there is lots of snow and ice although one country went to the extreme of doing it in Jamaica for a film which was shot in 1993.

Intr

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tion

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Bobsledding is a well known sport invented by the Swiss in the late 1860s. Teams would run down narrow, twisting tunnels that were roofless and made of thick layers of ice. The very first bobsleigh event was held in Europe in the 1800s. Both men and women were allowed to compete in the events.

Th

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Bobsledding was discovered when someone decided to tell some racers and runners to race down a hill while they jump into a small toboggan. The racers thought they could go faster by bobbing forward and backward with their bodies. While that failed, the name was created BOBSLEDDING.

How it was

discovered

The first bobsled was made of wood.

Only the rich could afford them seeing

as though there wasn’t very many of

them at that time. In the beginning

they were used for fun rides down the

snowy hill on a Sunday afternoon but

of course they would only do it if the

weather was fine. If a snow storm

came it would flip the sled and all

riders could get buried in the snow.

The bobsled its self!!!

These days bobsleds are made of aluminium and steel with metal runners on the bottom 2 at the front 2 at the back. The two different bobsleds (two men and four men) are a little different in size and how much they can hold. The two men bobsled also known as a boblet is 2.7 metres long and the weight with the two athletes in it is around 390kg and the four man is 3.8 metres and can hold a weight of around 630kg. It has a hole a the back where the brake man can jump in while the other athletes push the bobsled and jump in the sides. They have small seats for the athletes to sit in while they are inside the bobsled.

WHAT A BOBSLED IS MADE OF!!

A bobsled race starts off when the racers or passengers start to push the sled down the track for about 8 or 9 metres running as fast as they can and then they jump in with the driver in the front and the brakes person at the back. The other two in the middle help to lean the sled in what ever direction they need to go.

How bobsledding

works!

Cool running's was an amazing American sports movie about how 4 men decided to see if they could manage what seemed the impossible. Its an inspiring story about how a runner decided to get three of his mates and see if in 50 degree heat they could learn an ice sport! The team make it all the way to the

Canadian Olympics where they have a horrible crash and instead of medics rushing them to hospital they make it all the way to the end carrying the bobsled

with them. It is an inspiring movie showing

anything is possible if you put your mind to it!

Cool running's!

The uniform is as all the Jamaican uniforms for the Olympics with the colours green, yellow and black. The helmet is a bright yellow so that the crowd could never miss when the team tore up the ice !

The team have a stripe at the leg of the uniform to be creative. They even got personalised jackets to keep from “freezing to death!”

Cool runnings uniform!

The quote the team say before their last race is.....

Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme, get on up, its bobsled time, cool runningsssssssssssssssss!!

Another quote is... some people say and cant believe Jamaica we have a bobsled team we have my man derice and a one junior and usanka were the fastest of the fastest Jamaican sprinters go to Olympics fight for Jamaica ;)!!

My favourite quote from the film is, if we look Jamaican, walk Jamaican, talk Jamaican and is Jamaican then we show ourselves in a bobsled as Jamaican.

Cool Quotes!!!

In 1928 the bobsledding event was a 5 man. Each year from then it has been either 2 men, 2 women or 4 men. There is also a different kind of bobsledding called skeleton bobsledding its were you have a little board and you jump on it like it was a board you put under yourself and push off and you lay down and zoom around the track.

Winter Olym

pics!!!

The winter Olympics in 2010 were held in Vancouver Canada. The opening ceremony was absolutely breath taking (as I was able to watch some of it myself!!). There were many wins and many tears but none the less none of the competitors gave up but tried so hard and were not going to let a couple of tears get between them and a gold medal!

Winter Olympics 2010!!

There are 9 members of the Australian bobsled team. There names and roles are…

• Heath Spence (Pilot)

• Ben Lisson (Brakeman/ 3 man)

• Gareth Chev Nichols (2man)

• Duncan Harvey (Brakeman/ Crew)

• Lucas Mata (Brakeman)

• Anthony Ryan (Brakeman/Crew)

• Brad Prestige (Brakeman/ Crew)

• Josh Dimitriou (Brakeman/Crew/Runner Polisher and Water Boy)

• Dustin MacPherson (Brakeman/ Crew)

Australian

team!!!

Sponsors!!!

There are many different sponsors for the many different teams but for the Australian bobsled team our sponsors are true blue….

4 caring.org

Apsley ski lodge

A.Abbott locksmiths

Coceptum logistics

Peros Australia and many many more.

They are now well known all over the world thanks to our amazing bobsledding team the Spence BOB squad!!! Not many of you will have heard of it but if you get time to watch the bobsledding at the winter Olympics in2014 then no doubt you will see them, along with the world famous Jamaican bobsled team!

There are many different bobsledders from all over the world and from many different cultures. There are also many well known bobsledders who are from Australia as well. As you can see at the bottom of the screen there are two young men who are sitting in a green and gold bobsled in what seems a street in Sydney but theses two boys are getting some practise for the winter Olympics in soci Russia. Their names are Aaron Simson-Woods (left) and Rob Stewart (right). Their lucky number is 26!!!

Famous bobsledders!!

In this decade there have been 3 winter Olympics and in the 2002 Olympics there were lots of medals won by lots of different countries.

Germany won 4 gold and the US won 4 silver along with 4 bronze

In 2006 Germany conquered again with 4 gold again (that’s two years in a row) however that year Russia caught up with 4 silvers and a country called Sui won 4 bronze

In 2010 it was the big one………. with the US winning 4 gold and just on there tail Germany with 4 silver and Canada with 4 bronze.

Awards!!!!

Vancouver 2010

Torino 2006

Salt lake city 2002

Flakes of the past!!The first medal won for bobsledding was won in 1924 Chamonix. A gold went to Switzerland a silver to great Britain and a bronze to Belgium. There was some cheers and tears but in the end it was just the Olympics (no big deal or anything). The First Winter Olympics was held in 1924 and with all of these new sports bobsledding was a most unusual sport as only the rich and famous could afford one which is still the case today but in a town like Tamworth who needs one!

Brakes: are applied by lifting a lever that lowers metal teeth into the ice!

Push handles: The side push handles must be strong. All push handles are used to push the bobsled at the start and fold inside the sled to help glide easier along the track.

Helmet: A high-tech plastic composite helmet must be worn to protect the head. Many have shades to protect the eyes, or the runner can use goggles.

Start shoes: are made of a solid material and have spikes in the bottom to help them run on the ice, they also help with grip.

Sled: The sled consists of a main frame, a front and rear axle, and two sets of independent steel runners. The shell is made of a high protected fiboglass.

Equipment!!Equipment!!

Training to be a bobsledder for the Olympics is just like any other sport you have to train almost every day to achieve the great that will wait a head of you most of the Australian bobsled team like to train together as it is more fun and you have someone to tell you where you have gone wrong and where you can improve.

Training with your mates!!

To train most of the athletes do sit ups, push ups, squats, crunches sprints from 200metres all the way up to 800metres. They train up to 10 hours a day with only a few breaks in between and after all the training is done they go home and sleep then get up the next morning and do it all again tomorrow. When it is the year of the Olympics they train even harder so that they get better and hope to ( in the long run ) win a gold medal for there superior skills but none of this is possible if they don't train hard enough

Training!!!

Bobsledding has become so popular in the last 5 years there has been books made about it there have been movies made about the sport and there has also been a video game. One of the games is Mario and Sonic at the Olympic winter games and there you can play either skeleton or bobsleigh. This is just one of the video games made with bobsledding as the main event or one of the sports that you can select. There are some books that tell you how the sport began or why I was created but there are to many to say so I'll just go with lots!

Other ways bobsledding has been expressed!!

All the timing is normally done electronically and the times are only recorded at the start and at the end of the race. However at certain stages of the race times will be taken to show drivers and coaches how they can improve there speed and compare it to other teams.

They can also be put on the fastest time board if they get great speeds but it would not be possible if they didn’t time it.

Timing of a bobsled race!!!

The fastest recorded time in the Olympics was in 2002 when the 2women bobsled finished with an amazing time of 1minute and 37seconds. The amazing women who did this were,Jill Bakken Vonetta Flowers who were both from the USA.

The men's fastest recorded time was a massive 3minutes and 7secondswhich was put in by the 4 men's team, the athletes are Andre Lange, Kevin Kuske, Carsten Embach and Enrico Kuhn.

Records!!!

This sport has been improved dramatically since the beginning examples are …….

Wooden bobsleds to metal bobsleds.

Jumping out to stop it and brakes.

Steering by leaning and now there is a special set of ropes that the driver pulls to steer.

From snowy slopes to smooth ice tracks.From the rich playing on them down their icy hills to battling it out for the Olympics!!!

Improvements !!!

I chose bobsledding because I thought it would be a little different to what any of you did but I also thought that seeing as though not many of you would have heard about it or known much about it so in other words I thought it would be unique. I also chose it because I have seen bobsledding on TV and it is quite interesting to see how each of the different countries use different techniques!!!!

WHY I CHOSEBOBSLEDDING!!!

In this PowerPoint I have hopefully shown you all you need to know about bobsledding. I chose this sport as I thought it would be unique as not many of you would have known much about the sport until you saw this presentation. I hope you enjoyed having learnt a little bit about bobsledding!!!

Conclusion!!!

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING THIS VERY LONG POWERPOINT!!!

WWW. Winterolympics/bobsledding.com.au

www. Ehow.com

www.coolrunnings.com

www.aussie bobsledteam.com

www.bosledding.com

www.fuzilogic.com

Bibliography!!