Analysis: Women's bobsledding makes Olympic debut

From: All Things Considered (NPR) | Date: February 18, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

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Analysis: Women's bobsledding makes Olympic debut

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Today at the Winter Olympics, the American men's hockey team advanced to the sudden death round of competition, and American women made it into the medal round in curling. Tomorrow a new Olympic event debuts. Women will race down bobsled ice for the first time ever in the Olympics. Bobsled is one of the last Olympic sports to open to ...

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