[quote]QUOTE OF THE DAY FROM 2-18-02 NYTimes ONLINE:
"I asked, 'How do you steer it?' Somebody said, 'Shut up and go down.' I asked again. And he said, 'Shut up and go down.'"
-JIM SHEA JR., an American Olympian in the skeleton, on the first time he rode the sled.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/18/olympics...todaysheadlines
A wry and well-written story from the Times, thanks gmginsfo.
I don't think I had ever heard of skeleton before this week, what a wild sport! And it was so awesome that Jim Shea won the gold, crowning a truly touching story.
Outsports' Locker Room has a link to this photo of Irish skeleton rider Clifton Wrottesley ® trying to stop Shea from vibrating.
