Bobsleighers get accolade

Ireland’s first women’s Olympic bobsleigh competitors, Aoife Hoey and Claire Bergin, have been named as joint ‘Sportswoman of the Month’ for January.

The ladies have won the Irish Times/Irish Sports Council-sponsored accolade for their performance that resulted in a top-20 finish at the Women's Bobsleigh World Cup Round 7 races in San Moritz in January which secured their qualification for the Winter Olympics, set to begin tomorrow in Vancouver.