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• International Olympic Committee Bobsleigh
  
  Although the sled has been around for centuries as a mode of transportation, the sport of bobsleigh didnt begin until the late 19th century when the Swiss attached a steering mechanism to a toboggan.In 1897 the worlds first bobsleigh club was founded ...
  http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/programme/disciplines_uk.asp?DiscCode=BS

• SirLinksalot Olympic Bobsled Links
  
  Bobsledding and the closely related sport of skeleton originated in the Swiss village of St. Moritz in the late nineteenth century. In early competitions, sledders raced down the road to Celerina, where the winners received a bottle of champagne. Bob ...
  http://www.sirlinksalot.net/bobsled.html