Getty Elana Meyers Taylor of Team USA competes in the bobsleigh event at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina You’ve heard of bobsleigh, or the more colloquially termed bobsled, and you’ve probably watched it during the airing of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina, but do you actually know how the sport operates? Bobsleigh is one of the fastest and most thrilling ice-based sports highlighted every four years during the Olympics. The sport combines speed, precision, and teamwork on