Bobsleigh ‘nightmare’ to go on, says chief

A SENIOR Irish Olympic official last night described the bobsleigh controversy which has overshadowed their preparations for the Vancouver Winter Games as ‘a nightmare’ which could cost thousands of euro in legal fees.

Chef de Mission Siobhan Hoey also expressed concern for the team of Aoife Hoey and Claire Bergin admitting that the happenings of the past week has “impacted on both of them negatively.”

Last week the Australian Olympic Council launched a challenge against their exclusion from the competition which could have forced Bergin, Hoey and alternate brake woman Leona Byrne out of the Games.