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Canada’s athletes in Sochi: Meet bobsleigh pilot Christopher Spring

By Adam Hearty Global News

Posted January 20, 2014 4:59 pm

Updated January 20, 2014 5:06 pm

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Chris Spring and Luke Demetre of Canada during a training run for the Men's Bobsleigh event at the Viessmann FIBT Bob & Skeleton World Cup at Olympia Bob Run on January 9, 2014 in St Moritz, Switzerland. Alex Livesey/Getty Images

Sport: Bobsleigh

Age: 29

Hometown: Calgary, Alta.

Accomplishments:

2013 World Championships two-man 6^th-place finish.
Bronze medalist on the 2012-2013 World Cup circuit.

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Interesting Fact: While travelling the world, Chris Spring was in Calgary on a one-year work visa, caught the Canadian Bobsleigh Championships and immediately fell in love. He competed for his native Australia at Vancouver 2010.

Chances: While Spring is officially considered to be the pilot of Canada’s second best sleigh, he has experienced success in both the two-man and four-man events. In the two-man he competes with Jesse Lumsden, while he leads the four-man group that consists of Lumsden, Cody Sorensen and Ben Coakwell. Spring is a talented pilot who could shock some people in Sochi.

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