How 500-Pound Bobsleds Got Halfway Around The World For The Olympics

<p>With equipment that is so clunky yet so delicate, it’s never easy getting a bobsled from Point A to Point B. As Team USA’s sleds hurtle down a mile-long ice track over these two weeks in Beijing, whipping around 16 banked curves in a minute or less, it will be just the final stretch of a global journey that required similarly precise coordination.</p>