bobsled

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Canadian skeleton athlete Jeff Pain says he was too tall for bobsled, and too old for luge, but skeleton takes anyone.

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  1. noun A long racing sled with a steering mechanism controlling the front runners.
  2. noun A long sled made of two shorter sleds joined in tandem.
  3. noun Either of these two smaller sleds.
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  • So the soldiers stepped on it, the APC started really rumbling down this lane like a bobsled, riding high up on curves as it tried to follow this winding lane. —  F ;SF - vol 092 issue 01 - January 1997
  • The driver of the following tank tried desperately to turn hard right and miss the ice, but it, too, slid straight down the slope and thundered against an outcropping, which straightened the tank out and sent it down the hill behind the first like a bobsled. —  Panzer Aces
  • Then he explained that, as the bobsled run was occupied, he had decided to watch the slalom. —  Going for the Gold - Emma Lathen - Thatcher 18
  • The eight sports categorized as ice sports are: bobsled, luge, skeleton, ice hockey, figure skating, speed skating, short track speed skating, and curling. —  KSL / U.S. / National
  • The New York Times described the hill as "icy as a bobsled run." —  RutlandHerald.com
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