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I'm all about celebrating one's achievements.... when they are one's achievements.
Guess I should have been more clear on what I was talking about. I didn't want to make the assumption that you were one of the gold medal winners from Germany if you weren't. Did I think you were misrepresenting yourself? No. Was there confusion? Yes. I'm sorry if I offended you as that was not my intent. I really just wanted to know what you had won so I could say GRATZ!!!
In regards to bobsled I don't need that much more education. One of the stops on The America's cup is at Olympic Park in Calgary where I too have flown down that same icy track. It was 20 some years ago now just prior to the Olympics. I think we were the test dummies. (Yes, I'll let you feed on the 'dummies' portion of that. :D ) Having grown up in the mountains to the west (Banff specifically) and enjoying all the speed aspects of other mountain sports, bobsled and luge (yeah, I was dumb enough to try this too) were natural progressions. Was I anywhere near world class levels? Hell no. Not even close.
With a bit of reading I've learned that I was wrong about one thing. I was under the belief that The America's Cup races contributed to the World Cup points / standings. But they appear to be two distinct events. That's why I only asked Olympics or Worlds.
As for team, yes, often the same 4 create both teams with 1 or 2 alternates. But it’s not uncommon either. As in the case that I pointed out, i6 different Germans were used to comprise the 2 and 4 man teams at the 2002 SLC games. Of course to pull this off drivers are the key, especially good drivers. So to actually have two! Well, credit the Germans on that front. :) I never tried driving as my value was in my ability to push. I credit my track, hockey and rugby development of lower leg strength for that.
Bottom line is.... congratulations on your achievements. It's no small feat winning any bobsled event never mind a world class level event. I meant no disrespect nor did I mean to diminish your accomplishment.
Opps.. forgot to add this:
The Honorable yenwangweh wrote:
Also, Park City has held the Olympics ( as you said ) but it has never held a World Championship. ( Like you said it did )
While it's true that the Championship is not held at Park City they do host one of the World Cup events. But I don't follow it close enough to know if they hand out individual event medals or not. Skiing parallels bobsled in it's event design and in all the World Cup downhill events I've been associated with, they do have a medal ceremony for each race. So it's not unreasonable to assume that you could have been at a World Cup event at Park City, won the event and got a gold medal (two in fact).
Edited, Apr 17th 2008 4:16pm by Rundle