Dec 12 : Swiss Olympic sprinter Salome Kora is looking to make the most of her explosive speed as she bids to compete for her nation in the bobsleigh competition at next year's Milano Cortina Winter Games.

The shift from athletics to bobsleigh is a well-trodden path, with Germany's Alexandra Burghardt and American Lauryn Williams having won medals in both sports in the past.

Kora will compete as a brakewoman in the two-woman bob with pilot Inola Blatty, who is also a sprinter making the same transition.

The 31-year-old competed in the 100 metres in the Summer Olympics in 2016, 2021 and 2024, and finished seventh in the semi-finals at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo earlier this year.

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