USA Four-man Bobsled wins Gold!
Written by Nolan Thomas, Saturday February 27 2010
With yet another perfect run down sliding’s most dangerous track, Steven Holcomb drove USA-1 to the Olympic gold medal in four-man bobsledding on Saturday, the first for the U.S. since 1948 when Francis Tyler won one for the Americans at St. Moritz.
Holcomb’s four-run time was 3 minutes, 24.46 seconds, with Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler and Curt Tomasevicz once again pushing for him, as they did a year ago in winning the world championship.
USA-1, nicknamed “Night Train,” had a lead of 0.40 seconds over
Once Holcomb and his sledmates crossed the finish line, they wrapped each other in American flags. Holcomb hoisted his helmet high over his head and a party the
“When they raise the flag and play `The Star-Spangled Banner’ for your son,” said Steve Holcomb, the bobsledder’s father, his voice cracking, “well, that’s pretty cool.”
German Andre Lange, who failed for the first time in five Olympic events to win a gold medal, had an almost perfect final run to win the silver in his final race. Lange finished a whopping 0.38 seconds behind the “Night Train.”
Lyndon Rush drove Canada-1 to the bronze.
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