With 13 days remaining until the first day of competition, this is the first of three parts of previews, starting with bobsleigh. Per FIBT standards, 23 countries will have at least one team competing in a bobsleigh event in Sochi, including Jamaica.
When history speaks about bobsleigh in the winter Olympics, it is quite obvious that the Germans have overwhelming history in these events. In the twos, the Germans won four times (Oslo 1952, Salt Lake City 2002, Turin 2006 and Vancouver 2010), and in the fours, they won five times (Oslo, Lillehammer 1994, Nagano 1998, Salt Lake City and Turin). Switzerland also won the men's twos four times as well (St. Moritz 1948, Lake Placid 1980, Albertville 1992 and Lillehammer).
On the women's side, where the twos have been an event since Salt Lake City, there have been three different winners of the event: United States (Salt Lake City), Germany (Turin) and Canada (Vancouver). Note: two of those teams won on home soil.
Individually, Andre Lange (Germany) and Kevin Kuske (Germany) won four gold medals each, while six different women have won gold once.
The Sliding Center Sanki (pictured above) is the venue for the bobsleigh at Sochi.
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