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The Executive Board of the International Federation & nbsp; Bobsleigh and Skeleton (FIBT) has launched a major novelties & agrave; for the next season: from the first race of the season in fact, the four-man bob historically competitions & nbsp; reserved exclusively for male athletes, will be open to mixed crews.
Thursday 25 September 2014 2 minutes reading time
A turning point for the world of bobsleigh FIBT president Ivo that he Ferriani cos & igrave; reasoned: "We have to keep pace with the times. FIBT In we believe that men and women can compete together in the bobsleigh four, so the executive board took the historic decision to open to mixed crews."
The 'important novelties & agrave; & Egrave; was welcomed & nbsp; by athletes who, after long years of battles and petitions can finally get behind the wheel of a four-man bob. The two-time Olympic champion Kaillie Humphries, & nbsp; & agrave that gi; last February in a test crew had led a men's gi & agrave; expressed a desire to repeat the 'experience during the next edition of the World Cup.
Therefore, continues the process of change that President Ferriani and his council have decided to follow in order to increase the number of practitioners and to ensure a greater appeal to the world of television bob. It should not be forgotten fact, that the 'other big novelty & agrave; This concerns the 2014 'Monobob insertion in the program of the Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer 2016 & nbsp; & nbsp; A new framework that could be used in the future in the Paralympic world.
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