U.S. Bobsled Team Halfway To Gold

Hey, Colorado Springs, perhaps it’s time to become known a bobsled mecca. You have to wonder about the possibilities after the USA 1 sled piloted by Steven Holcomb of Colorado Springs and the Olympic Training Center has taken the lead after the two runs of four-man bobsled Friday afternoon at Whistler Sliding Center.

Steven Holcomb

Holcomb, whose team also includes Curt Tomasevicz of Colorado Springs, drove the top U.S. sled to a track-record time of 50.89 seconds, taking the lead over Canada 1 and three German entries, all within three-10ths of a second of USA 1 after the first of four runs. Then USA 1 came back to out-do itself with a 50.86 run in the second heat, upping their lead to .40 of a second over the Canadians with the Germans slightly further back.

The other two U.S. teams are 12th and 17th, with the final two runs on Saturday.

Another Springs-based pair of bobsledders, Bree Schaaf and Emily Azevedo, placed an impressive fifth earlier in women’s bobsled.