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Article: Prince Albert crashes in four-man bobsled

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February 23, 2002
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Dateline: PARK CITY, Utah Prince Albert of Monaco, appearing in his fifth Olympics, crashed during the third run of four-man bobsled on Saturday and slid sideways across the finish line.

Driving the red Monaco-1, Prince Albert got too high on one of the curves on the lower part of the course and flipped the sled. As it toppled over, Prince Albert's head slammed into one of the side walls as the sled began careering out of control.

He was unable to right the sled and it skittered across the finish line on its side, spraying snow and ice as it went. Prince Albert and his crew _ Charles Oula, Sebastien Gattuso and Patrice Servelle _ were helped from their sled by track ...

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