Bobsleigh

VANOC has issued the following terminology to be used during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games when referencing this discipline:  

Brakeman
The last teammate to enter the bobsled at the start of the race. He/she is responsible for pulling the brake to stop the sled at the end of the run.

Driver
The first person to enter the sled at the start, this athlete sits at the front of the bobsled and steers.

G-Force
Gravitational force that holds the sled and athletes on the wall of a banked turn. A G is equal to the force of gravity.

Kreisel
German for a child's toy top, it describes a turn that curves back on itself, looping underneath or above to form a circle. The Whistler Sliding Centre track does not have a kreisel.

Labyrinth
A stretch of track made up entirely of a series of left and right curves with no straight sections in between.

Line
The precise path or the optimum trajectory of the sled. The driver can achieve a good race time by keeping to the trajectory.

Lip
A protective barrier at the top of the sliding track.

Loading
The process of athletes entering the sled after the push start.

Omega
A curve on the track shaped like the letter Omega in the Greek alphabet.

Push
The sled is pushed as hard as possible over a 50 to 60-metre stretch to provide momentum at the start.