Military bobsleighers facing constant battle to stay on the ice
169A team who have fought for their place in Norway are the two-man bobsleigh made up of Corporal John Stanbridge and Corporal Alex Cartagena.
Both engineers in the Royal Air Force, Cpls Stanbridge and Cartagena have faced extreme health scares that threatened their lives as well as their sporting careers.
Just over a year ago, Cpl Stanbridge, the pilot of the two-man sled, broke his neck during a race in Altenburg, Germany, which he described as possibly the hardest track in the world.
"I could have been paralysed," he told Forces News.
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