On the first full day of competition, the host country won a new mixed-gender short-track speedskating event. Shaun White said these Olympics would be his last snowboard competition.
There wound up being five sliders chosen as part of the U.S. Olympic skeleton team that competed in the 2006 Turin Games. Of those, four are long retired. Chris Soule stopped sliding after those Olympics.
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There wound up being five sliders chosen as part of the U.S. Olympic skeleton team that competed in the 2006 Turin Games. Of those, four are long retired. Chris Soule stopped sliding after those Olympics. Kevin Ellis stopped in 2009. Zach Lund and Eric Bernotas both last raced in 2010.…
Sigulda will launch the Olympic year for bobsleigh athletes with the
Latvian venue hosting the latest stop on the International Bobsleigh
and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup circuit.