Army Coaches Help U.S. women Make Olympic History

Two Olympic coaches from the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program had an unofficial hand in Team USA earning two Olympic medals in women's bobsled competition Feb. 19 at the Sanki Sliding Center. U.S. Olympic men's bobsled assistant coach U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program 1st Lt. Mike Kohn and Team USA Olympic skeleton coach Vermont Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Tuffield "Tuffy" Latour, a former U.S. and Canadian men's and women's bobsled coach, assisted Team USA silver medalists Elana Meyers and Lauryn Williams and bronze medalists Aja Evans and Jamie Greubel. "I coached the women's drivers in their early years, as they were learning to drive, but moved over to the men's side two years ago," said Kohn, who humbly downplayed his value added to U.S. Olympic women's bobsled squad. "We all still pitch in to help all teams on race day." Williams, a silver medalist in the 100 meters at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, and a gold medalist in the 400-meter relay at the 2012 Olympic Summer Games in London, became one of a few women in the history of the modern Olympic movement to win medals in both the winter and summer Games.
Jazmine Fenlator and Lolo Jones finished 11th aboard USA-3. Kohn and Latour were at the track to motivate and help all of the Team USA women's competitors with their sleds. Follow the rest of the story on the link below.

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Written by Tim Hipps and Gary Sheftick 

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