BATH, England (Reuters) - The push for Winter Olympic glory becomes concrete right from the start for Britain's aspiring bobsleigh and skeleton athletes. His immediate focus now is a test push at the Bath track at the end of the month that he hopes could put him back into contention for Korea. So if I was to go out for the second half of the season, I’d have to do well in the push starts," explained Blanchet. The practice sleds are heavier than racing ones, and real sleds are a lot quicker on ice, but the push track is all about explosive starts. The real learning inevitably comes on ice, however, and that can be a shock when the time comes to graduate from starts on concrete.

Source: The Star December 21, 2017 10:18 UTC