As the best bobsledders in the world gear up for their first World Cup races of the season, Olympic analysts Chris Lori and Christina Smith weigh in on what to expect out of the World Cup circuit this year.
We will have to wait until the second week of the Games before Pierre Lueders and Helen Upperton get their shot at gold on the Whistler Sliding Centre.
While the sled or toboggan has been used for travel and fun for some 700 years, today's bobsledders have to be fast and agile to reach the finish line first as well as right side up.