Bobsleigh & Skeleton: US names Olympic bobsled, skeleton teams
Lake Placid (AFP) – Steven Holcomb and John Napier, the world’s top-ranked four-man bobsled drivers, were among the Olympic squad announced Sunday by the United States Bobsled and Skeleton Federation.
Holcomb and his push team of Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler and Curt Tomasevicz will drive the USA I sled at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games next month with Napier, Chuck Berkeley, Chris Fogt and Steve Langton in USA II.
Mike Kohn will pilot USA III with Jamie Moriarty, Bill Schuffenhauer and Nick Cunningham as his push squad.
Two-man lineups include Holcomb and Tomasevicz, Napier and Langton with Kohn’s second yet to be decided.
The women’s lineup features three pairs, Shauna Rohbock and Michelle Rzepka, Erin Pac and Elana Meyers and Bree Schaaf and Emily Azevedo.
“We are very excited about this Olympic team in all disciplines,” said federation chief executive Darrin Steele. “We are thrilled to be sending our best U.S. women’s team ever.”
In skeleton, the Americans will send Eric Bernotas, Zach Lund and John Daly in the men’s event and Noelle Pikus-Pace and Katie Uhlaender in the women’s event.
Lund was not allowed to compete at the Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games after testing positive for the then-banned substance finasteride, which he said was part of a medication he used to treat hair loss.
