Bobsleigh and skeleton competition
Bobsleigh World Cup 4-man. The Russia-1 crew on the Antelao straight, Eugenio Monti track in Cortina d'Ampezzo. The FIBT World Championships 1989 took place in Cortina d'Ampezzo , Italy (Bobsleigh ) and St. Moritz , Switzerland (Skeleton ). Cortina hosted the championships for the eighth time, having hosted the event previously in 1937 (Two-man), 1939 (Four-man), 1950 , 1954 , 1960 , 1966 , and 1981 . Meanwhile, St. Moritz hosted a championship event for the record sixteenth time. The Swiss city had hosted the event previously in 1931 (Four-man), 1935 (Four-man), 1937 (Four-man), 1938 (Two-man), 1939 (Two-man), 1947 , 1955 , 1957 , 1959 , 1965 , 1970 , 1974 , 1977 , 1982 , and 1987 . The skeleton event became an official championship event this year, albeit at a separate location from the bobsleigh event. They would not be at the same location other than St. Moritz for the first time until the 1996 championships in Calgary, Alberta , Canada .
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