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Meet the U.S. women's Olympic bobsled team. Before you go, we thought you'd like these... It's the final countdown to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi with only one day left before the opening ceremonies. AOL was lucky enough to catch up with Bobsledders Lolo Jones, Jamie Greubel, Elana Meyers, Jazmine Fenlator, Aja Evans and Lauryn Williams. In our exclusive interview we uncovered what is really on the minds of the US Olympians leading up to the games. AOL wishes the Women's Bobsled Team good luck on the events and you can too by tweeting to the athletes here.
The resulting ice forms the surface for the race. Bobsledders begin the race in a push-off stretch. This is a straight stretch that's wide enough to allow the bobsledders to push the bob. The athletes have to run as fast as they can -- this push and gravity are the bob's only sources of speed for the entire race. During the push-off, any ballast that the team has added to bring the bobsled up to the maximum weight is a liability.