Axel Brown hopes to inspire a new generation of Trinidadian bobsledders

CGTN published this video item, entitled “Axel Brown hopes to inspire a new generation of Trinidadian bobsledders” – below is their description.

Axel Brown is a bobsleigh athlete representing Trinidad and Tobago at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Even though the bobsleigh team was founded just about six months before the Beijing Winter Olympics, it had already earned Olympic qualification for two-man bobsleigh. Bobsleigh slider Brown played American football for Colorado State Rams before finding his love in bobsleigh. CGTN reporter Cen Ziyuan talks to Brown about his journey to the Olympics.

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https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-02-12/Trinidadian-bobsledder-on-his-journey-to-the-Olympics-17As8xDt2iQ/index.html

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