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 Bobsleigh Canada
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Date of Birth: 14/11/70 |
Place of Birth: Anchorage, AK |
Residence: Calgary, AB |
Height: 6'4" |
Weight: 210 lbs |
Years on National Team: 7 |
Jeff Pain enjoyed another solid campaign this winter on the skeleton World Cup circuit earning two top-five finishes including a bronze, for fourth place overall. Last season he made his first big international impact claiming a silver medal at the world championships in Calgary. In 1999-2000 he was fourth overall on the World Cup and sixth at the worlds.
Pain is a former bobsledder who switched to skeleton in 1996. He was Canada's number-two male skeleton racer for several seasons behind two-time world champion Ryan Davenport, now a coach with the U.S. team.
Skeleton returns to the Olympics for the first time since 1948. It resembles luge but the key difference is riders slide down head first instead of feet first as in luge. Pain admits he's felt a lot of pain through his career with numerous bumps, bruises and black eyes.
"One day I want to have a perfect run," said Pain, who use to play box lacrosse. "That's my motivation. I try to relax as much as possible before the run and make sure that all the details are taken care of, new spikes, runners polished, suit in good shape, etc., so my mind can be clear and I can focus on the run."
What Canada Did
Feb. 20: Jeff Pain, Calgary, finished sixth in a final field of 26
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