We're a nation of sleds, if only we can raise our arms to the sky for the medals these Olympics are giving us. Two gold and two bronze, just shy of Germany, where people even take bobsleds to school, if need be.

This fascinating sport has three branches—luge, skeleton, and bobsleigh—with the main difference being the position of the feet: in luge, the feet are forward, while in skeleton, the head cuts through the air and the athlete lies face down. Bobsleigh is a breeze, as you sit down.

Then there's the quality-price ratio: the "Monti" slope in Cortina cost 120 million euros, there are just over twenty competitive skiers, and the number rises to fifty if the three disciplines are combined.

Veneto dominates, Sardinia struggles. Bobsleigh—from the English bobsleigh, meaning "move the sled"—has taken over us, so soccer and tennis should move.

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