How to race a bobsled or bobsleigh

This is a BBC event guide to bobsleigh or bobsledding. This Olympic sport involves racing a sled down an ice track. This is an animation of how one races a bobsled.

Imagine sitting in a small metal pod, flying around 90 degree bends at 95mph, just inches away from a frozen surface harder than concrete.

That should give you some idea why bobsleigh has been dubbed Formula One on ice.

It is hair-raising stuff, with teams of two or four launching a sled down an icy course and trying to steer the quickest path as they hurtle towards the finish.

In bobsleigh, every hundredth of a second counts, and sled designs are constantly evolving in an attempt to squeeze that extra bit of speed out of every run.