Bobsleigh and Skeleton teams named

Posted Jan 27, 2010 6:15 pm.

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Canada’s 2010 Olympic Bobsleigh and Skeleton teams were announced at Olympic Heights school in south west Calgary Wednesday.

700 Young fans got to be a part of the big announcement.

Leading the way for the women in Skeleton, is Mellisa Hollingsworth.

In Bobsleigh, veteran Pierre Lueders is off to his fifth Olympics and helping push his sled is Edmonton Eskimos running back Jesse Lumsden.

Also making the teams:

Justin Kripps
Lyndon Rush
Lascelles Brown
David Bissett
Chris Le Bihan
Kaillie Humphries
Helen Upperton
Michelle Kelly
Shelley-Ann Brown
Heather Moyse
Jeff Pain
Jon Montgomery
Mike Douglas

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