New Bobsled Tryout Is Upheld by Court
An 11th-hour decision by a New York state appeals court Friday will give professional football players Willie Gault and Greg Harrell a second chance to make the U.S. Olympic bobsled team.
The Appellate Division of the state Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling that ordered a halt to new push trials for the team this weekend.
The unanimous ruling by the four-member, mid-level appeals court will allow the two to participate in another round of 1992 Olympic trials today and Sunday at Altenberg, Germany.
The U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Federation must submit the names of the team members to the U.S. Olympic Committee by Monday.
Gault, Harrell and track star Edwin Moses had claimed they weren’t properly informed of the schedule and regulations for the original Olympic bobsled trials at Lake Placid last July.
Moses hasn’t challenged the trial results, saying he needs time to prepare for the Summer Olympics. But Gault and Harrell filed a grievance with the bobsled federation, which turned the matter over to binding arbitration.
They will join running back Herschel Walker of the Minnesota Vikings in trying out for the eight-man squad.
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