The Frankfurter Laura Nolte and Deborah Levi, who grew up in Dillenburg, are among the best bob drivers in the world. Even though her sporty careers started away from an ice channel.
When the film “Cool Running” came to German cinemas in 1994, Laura Nolte and Deborah Levi were not yet born. Nolte, who now lives in Frankfurt, saw the light of day in 1998. Levi did this in 1997 in Dillenburg (Lahn-Dill). The story of the Jamaican Bob team, which causes a sensation at the Winter Olympics in Calgary, was almost a classic in Hollywood story. Feel the rhythm, feel the music, this bob leads us to victory!
What does all this have to do with each other? “ICh known Cool Runnings and thought: I’ll try that out “told the Supervisor Levi on Monday evening in the HR home game!. The now 26-year-old, who won Olympia-Gold in Beijing in 2022 in 2022, began her career-just like the film figures Derice, Sanka, Junior and Yul-far from an ice channel. Levi originally wanted to become athlete and was one of the best 100-meter sprinters in Hesse in 2018.
It sparks directly
“I was then approached whether I didn’t even want to try bobs so levi. Now you have to know: The path from the tartan track to the bobsleigh line is actually not exceptional. The speed, the strength and explosiveness of athletes are also required in the ice channel. “So I was on the track two weeks later. And there was Laura.” It can go that quickly.
Laura, i.e. Laura Nolte, who also used athletics earlier, but had previously changed from summer to winter sports, was looking for a shot. Exactly this shearer became Levi, and she is still today. “We understand each other very well. It would not be different if you are together all winter”according to Nolte. A match made in the Hessian bob sky.
In the World Cup in first place
What has been working well away from sport for years is also an almost perfect combination in the ice channel. Levi pushes on, nolte steers, the Hessian bob duo is well coordinated. “I don’t see anything and have no influence on the trip,” said Levi. “She doesn’t have it in her hand, she has to trust me”according to Nolte.
Last but not least, how well this works is shown in the current World Cup: Nolte and Levi lead the overall ranking. The overall victory is the declared goal. Be there, as with Cool Runnings back then, is not everything.
