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Sounds like a sore one. Hope they recover quickly! Love watching the bobsleigh and respect the nutters that sit in those things.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/winter_sports/15478274.stm
Two members of the British bobsleigh team are in hospital after a serious crash during training in Germany.
Fiona Harrison was driving the sled at the Winterberg track when the accident happened.
The name of her brakewoman, who suffered serious injuries, has not been released.
Performance director Gary Anderson was on his way to Germany and a statement is expected.
The British Bobsleigh Championships are being held in Winterberg, 100 miles east of Dusseldorf, and are running from 24 to 29 October and include men's, women's and youth races.
But Britain's main women's duo of Paula Walker and Rebekah Wilson are not in attendance. They are instead in Canada preparing for the first World Cup race of the season in Igls, Austria.
The Winterberg track is one of 14 sanctioned by the governing body, FIBT, to host top class competition and is a regular on the World Cup calendar. It hosted the 1995 men's World Championships and the women's in 2000.
British bobsleigh has had recent success with Nicola Minichiello and Gillian Cooke winning the World Championship title in 2009, and Walker claiming the world junior title last season.
Walker is a medal prospect for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and UK Sport has invested just under £2.5m for her programme leading to the Games.
She finished 11th at the Vancouver Games, with Minichiello and Gillian Cooke crashing out, as did the men's team in the two and four-man bob, led by Jackson.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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oooooooooo....... broken back for one of them.
"A British bobsleigher has fractured her back during a serious training crash in Germany.
Brakewoman Serita Shone has had spinal surgery and is described as stable after the accident in Winterberg.
Bobsleigh driver Fiona Harrison suffered a head injury and is under observation in hospital."
Sad news.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Very sad news indeed. Serita had only been Bobsleighing for one month too. Both are at the Uni near me. Hope they fully recover.
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spud, Yes, just heard this on Points West tonight. Hope they recover.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Been out to Europe to watch the bobsleigh and other sliding events where you can actually stand inches from the track and believe me, the guys and girls put themselves on the line each time they go down so I hope they both make speedy recoveries.
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That's very sad. Let's hope they make a full recovery!
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