Greg Rutherford is set to compete in bobsleigh for Britain at the Winter Olympics
Greg Rutherford’s audacious bid to become a Winter Olympian has been vindicated by veteran British bobsleigh pilot Lamin Deen, who says he was left “gobsmacked” by the former long jump star’s aptitude for the sport.
Rutherford, the London 2012 long-jump champion, joined up with Deen’s four-man squad this year at the suggestion of the duo’s mutual friend, American two-time Olympic women’s bobsleigh champion Kaillie Humphries.
Despite admitting to initial reservations, Deen, 40, says Rutherford’s impact has already been so…
