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Canada’s athletes in Sochi: Meet bobsleigh pusher Ben Coakwell

By Adam Hearty Global News

Posted January 20, 2014 4:59 pm

Updated January 20, 2014 5:06 pm

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Canada's Chris Spring and his team (Jesse Lumsden, Cody Sorensen, Ben Coakwell) negotiate a bend during the second Four-Man Bob event of the Bob and Skeleton World Cup in Winterberg January 5, 2014. Spring is ranked fourth overall. JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images

Sport: Bobsleigh

Age: 26

Hometown: Moose Jaw, Sask.

Accomplishments:

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2012 bronze medalist on the World Cup circuit.

Interesting Fact: Like teammate Jesse Lumsden, Ben Coakwell was a running back in university, playing for the University of Saskatchewan. After watching Lumsden make the successful transition from football to bobsleigh, Coakwell was inspired.

Chances: The Canada-2 sleigh, of which Coakwell is a part, has an outside shot at making the podium in Sochi.

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