LAKE PLACID, N.Y. —

It's reaching close to 90 degrees in Lake Placid, New York, but that didn't stop some of America's top bobsledders from training on ice.

The facility, known among the athletes as the "ice house," was built in 2021. It's the only refrigerated indoor facility in the United States where bobsledders can practice push starts — the first few seconds when the sled takes off.

"[It's] one of the most important parts of the bobsled race," said Josh Williamson, a braker for Team USA. "The ice house is probably the best thing that we have to offer here in the U.S. for bobsledding."

Many men's bobsled athletes are built for this kind of training, carrying skills from sports they did before they discovered bobsledding. For Williamson, it was football and lacrosse.

"We are always

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