*Teams hurtle down a specially designed, ice-covered, twisting track on a mechanically steered and braked sledge.
*For men there are competitions for two- and four-person teams, while for women there are two-person and - for the first time - one-person events.There are four gold medals up for grabs - in the men's four- and two- person races and in the women's two-person and monobob events.In the men's two-person competition four years ago, Germany's Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis tied for first place with Canada's Justin Kripps and Alexander Kopacz.
One of the most famous of the Winter Olympic sports, the four-man bobsleigh has featured in all but one of the Winter Games since the first in 1924.The sport remains deeply associated with the 1993 Disney film"Cool Runnings", about the first appearance of the Jamaican bobsleigh team at the 1988 Calgary Games. The four-man Jamaican team will be back for its first event in 24 years in Beijing, with Jamaica competing in three different bobsleigh events.
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