“Night Train” steams to gold in 4-man bobsleigh

Steve Holcomb and USA-1 came through with the win in the 4-man bobsleigh. Night Train certainly lived up to the hype of “fastest sled in the world.” Holcomb wasn’t joking when he said the 2-man was just a warm-up for 4-man. I don’t think USA-1 fell behind at any point, they always ended the run on top. Their starts were the fastest, their times were the best, they were undeniable. Hard to believe Holcomb nearly had to retire because of eye problems. The happy team consists of Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler and Curt Tomasevicz. Their combined time was 3:24.46.

 On an interesting side note; I found out today that Goeff Bodine of NASCAR fame got interested in bobsleigh in the 1990s and helped design the Night Train sled. What a cool bit of cross-sport cooperation!

 Defending champions Germany 1, piloted by Andre Lange, won silver, just .38 seconds behind. The giant Germans always made me laugh with their high-fives and bear-like huzzah just before they pushed to start. I had no idea what a testosterone-laden sport this is.

 Canada-1 finished third for the bronze.