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Steve Holcomb
Sport: Bobsled
Birthdate: April 14, 1980
Birthplace: Park City, UT
Hometown: Park City, UT
Residence: Park City, UT
Ht: / Wt: 5'10" / 231 lbs
Olympics: 2006
Teammates: Steve Mesler, Curt Tomasevicz, Justin Olsen

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  • Speaking with Steve Holcomb's 'Night Train'Speaking with Steve Holcomb's 'Night Train' It hasn't even been a full 24 hours and members of Steve Holcomb's ‘Night Train' -- Curt Tomasevicz, Steve Mesler, and Justin Olsen -- plug along, celebrating the United States' first four-man gold medal since 1948. Prior to taking in the U.S. vs. Canada men's hockey game on Sunday, the world champion foursome sat down with NBCOlympics.com to talk about the excitement surrounding Saturday's big event and their post-Olympic plans.
  • Five takeaways from Day 16Five takeaways from Day 16 A dive across the finish line, an American bobsled breakthrough and quick U.S. slalom exits were all part of the action on Day 16.
  • Day in Review: Day 15Day in Review: Day 15 The U.S. men's hockey team routs Finland to earn a trip to the gold-medal game, slalom queen Maria Riesch wins gold and more from Day 15 in Vancouver.
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  • Holcomb rides to historic gold POSTED: Feb 27, 6:37p ET | UPDATED: Feb 28, 4:10p ET

    With one more perfect run down sliding's most difficult track, Steve Holcomb drove USA-1 to the Olympic gold medal in four-man bobsledding on Saturday, ending a 62-year drought for the Americans in the event.


  • Holcomb, U.S. lead four-man bobsled POSTED: Feb 26, 7:07p ET | UPDATED: Feb 27, 3:34p ET American Steve Holcomb takes the lead midway through four-man bobsled competition, with his "Night Train" squad 17 hundredths of a second ahead of Canada's Lyndon Rush and Andre Lange of Germany. But as heavy snow fell across the ultra-fast Whistler track, curve 13 proved to be too treacherous, as six teams crashed, including USA-2's John Napier.
  • Holcomb looking to dance his way to Olympic gold POSTED: Feb 26, 4:12a ET | UPDATED: Feb 27, 1:19p ET He's potbellied, barrel-chested, somehow able to squeeze 240 pounds into a racing suit that is stretched to the limit. He thought he was going blind a couple years ago. He carries a cell phone even when heading down an icy chute. He's Steven Holcomb - America's best bobsledder.

  • Holcomb's 'Night Train' bobsled hits Olympic track POSTED: Feb 23, 5:08p ET | UPDATED: Feb 24, 2:23a ET

    Looking lean and mean, USA-1, the matte-black bobsled like no other, made its first two training runs of the Vancouver Olympics on Tuesday down Whistler Sliding Center's feverishly fast track, slightly simplified after officials shaved away ice from its toughest turns.

  • Lange, Holcomb headline fantastic 4-man race POSTED: Feb 21, 11:53p ET | UPDATED: Feb 21, 11:53p ET Double Olympic champ Andre "The Cannibal" Lange will look to devour the field in the four-man bobsled event but could run into trouble if defending world champ Steve Holcomb is on his game.
  • Lange locks down second Olympic two-man gold POSTED: Feb 21, 9:21p ET | UPDATED: Feb 22, 12:01a ET Germany's Andre Lange won his fourth gold in four career races inside the winter rings on Sunday, taking the two-man competition to become the winningest pilot in Olympic history and increase the medal total for a country that has mastered the sliding sports like no other.
  • Switzerland's third sled pulls out of Olympics POSTED: Feb 19, 1:15a ET | UPDATED: Feb 20, 2:53a ET

    Swiss driver Daniel Schmid has withdrawn from the Olympic two-man and four-man bobsled competitions "for safety reasons" after two practice crashes. His brakeman Juerg Egger, was injured and taken from the Whistler Sliding Center track in an ambulance, then transported by helicopter to Vancouver for observation. Swiss team doctor Christian Schlegel said the 28-year-old was not seriously injured.

  • Kohn's two-man sledmate finally named POSTED: Feb 18, 12:59a ET | UPDATED: Feb 19, 5:25p ET

    U.S. officials announced Thursday that Nick Cunningham will push Mike Kohn's USA-3 sled in this weekend's Olympic two-man bobsled competition. Two-man competition starts Saturday.

  • 'Night Train' crew removes name from sled POSTED: Feb 16, 1:08p ET | UPDATED: Feb 17, 3:41p ET When four-man bobsled Olympic competition begins Feb. 26, Day 15 of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games, there will be something slightly different about Steve Holcomb's world champion "Night Train" sled. The "Night Hawk" name will also be missing from Holcomb's two-man sled.
  • Kohn likely won't know two-man pusher until training POSTED: Feb 4, 3:11p ET | UPDATED: Feb 13, 4:56p ET The U.S. bobsled men are scheduled to arrive in Whistler on Feb. 13, and two-man training begins the night of Feb. 17. USA-3 pilot Mike Kohn will have to wait until then to find out who will be joining him in his two-man sled.
  • Lange targets golden finale to career POSTED: Feb 2, 12:20p ET | UPDATED: Feb 5, 5:00p ET German veteran Andre Lange will park up his bobsled for good when the lights go out on the Whistler Sliding Centre later this month and few would bet against him walking off with a pocketful of gold.
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As the pilot for the USA-1 bobsled, I broke a 62-year gold medal drought when my sled, the 'Night Train" won the Olympic title at the 2010 Vancouver Games. A degenerative eye condition nearly caused me to quit my sport in 2008, but corrective surgery restored my vision to 20-20.

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