Canadian Olympic champ turns 40, targets masters
Dave MacEachern of Canada’s Prince Edward Island won bobsled gold at the Nagano Winter Olympics 10 years ago, and this article in his local paper says he’s keen to enter age-group meets: “MacEachern . . . plans to whip himself into even better shape to take a run at some future Masters Track and Field competitions.” Nice article. But one flaw: It doesn’t specify WHICH events in masters track he’ll enter. A clue comes in the reader comments that follow: “He’s done well after being the 2nd-fastest man at Colonel Gray High School. If the track and field records are checked, you’ll find Bob Dioron was faster.” A bobsled pusher might prove to be a great sprinter. (Several American Olympic hurdlers and sprinters tried bobsledding.)
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Bring it!!
Also one of the great East German bobsledders of years past, Meinhard Nehmer, was, I believe, an ex-decathlete.
As a former bobsledder, fast on ice equates to fast on the track
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