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Article: Medal could quiet U.S. bobsled critics
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- February 28, 1988
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CALGARY, Alberta The U.S. four-man bobsled team may put up an
Olympic medal to shut up its critics today.
After two weeks of backstabbing and badmouthing over the
decision to allow Willie Gault to join the team, the U.S. sledders
finally went out Saturday to do what they came here for - win a
medal.
USA 1, driven by Brent Rushlaw, will enter today's final two
runs in fifth place and within striking distance of a medal.
A medal in bobsledding would be the first for the U.S. since the
bronze won by Thomas Butler's four-man team in the 1956 Games at
Cortina, Italy.
Rushlaw's sled - which includes pushers Hal Hoye, 30, of Malone,
N.Y.; Bill White, 28, born in Chicago but now of ...