{"id":302,"date":"2011-09-19T09:18:54","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T13:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/?p=302"},"modified":"2011-09-19T09:24:58","modified_gmt":"2011-09-19T13:24:58","slug":"brakeman-what-brakeman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/?p=302","title":{"rendered":"Brakeman, What Brakeman?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>FIBT, Swiss Sliding and Omega Present Mono Bob<br \/>\n<\/strong>Driver, pusher and brakeman all in one<br \/>\n(FIBT)<\/h3>\n<p>St. Moritz (RWH) Pushing, driving and braking, a matter of teamwork in a two or four-seater bobsleigh, are all completed by just one athlete in a mono bob. The new sleigh was presented by the international bobsleigh and skeleton federation FIBT and its President Ivo Ferriani, the Swiss association Swiss Sliding, and sponsor Omega during a press conference in St. Moritz (SUI).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/monobob.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-306\" title=\"Mono Bob\" src=\"http:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/monobob-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Swiss Sliding's Mono Bob\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/monobob-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/monobob.jpg 409w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->At 2.30 metres and just 130 kilograms, the mono bob is shorter and lighter than the conventional two or four-seater, and can therefore be pushed off, steered down the ice track and stopped after passing the finish line by a single athlete. The idea behind this new sleigh is to make entry into the sport easier, as the pilot no longer needs a crew.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">FIBT, Swiss Sliding and Omega Present Mono Bob Driver, pusher and brakeman all in one (FIBT) St. Moritz (RWH) Pushing, driving and braking, a matter of teamwork in a two or four-seater bobsleigh, are all <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slidingonice.com\/?p=302\" title=\"Brakeman, What Brakeman?\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bobsled-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Brakeman, What Brakeman? 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