Shortly after taking a bobsled run with Team USA in Lake Placid, N.Y., in 2009, Colbert described the experience. “[He] currently suffers from traumatic brain injury and latent neurodegenerative disease,” the filing said. He filed a lawsuit in December 2021 that asked USA Bobsled/Skeleton to implement a medical monitoring system to identify and treat sledders with sled head symptoms. Edwards and Perry also filed personal injury lawsuits last week on behalf of two other former USA sledders — Joe Sisson and Rick Baird. The dangers of sliding sports took center stage at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics when 11 crashes occurred in two days of bobsled training ahead of the Games.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 23, 2026 22:26 UTC