Sledding
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Sledding, sledging or sleighing is a winter sport typically carried out in a prone or seated position on a vehicle generically known as a sled, a sledge, or a sleigh. It is the basis of three Olympic
Sledding in Yyteri, Finland.
Old-fashioned wooden sled (or Toboggan without runners)
A backcountry sled (a kid's size Mad River Rocket – Stinger)
Schlitteln, Schweizer Alpen, ~1890–1910
Bobsleigh
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Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which individual athletes or teams of two to four athletes make timed speed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. Inter
Sledding
…a vehicle generically known as a sled (North American), a sledge (British), or a sleigh. It is the basis of three Olympic sports: luge, skeleton and bobsledding. When practised on sand, it is known as a form of sandboarding. In Russia sledges are used for maritime activities including fishing and commuting from…
The two-man Jamaican bobsleigh team at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia
The Swiss bobsleigh team from Davos, c. 1910
An East German bobsleigh in 1951, Oberhof track, East Germany
The 1913 Saint-Moritz Bobsleigh Derby Cup; photo by Albert Ewald