
Linder experiences excitement of South Korea’s bobsled silver
LETHBRIDGE – “You were laughing, you were crying, excited – everything comes out all at once.”
Florian Linder returned to Lethbridge Monday evening, after helping coach the South Korean bobsled teams at the PyeongChang Olympics. That country’s four-man team won silver, the first bobsled medal ever won by South Korea.
“It’s an incredible experience. It’s hard for me to put into words. It’s an honour to work with the Korean team, and they have a great federation, they have great athletes, great coaches, and Korea was very – they hosted very well, and they were very accommodating,” Linder said Thursday, Mar. 1 at Lethbridge College, where he works as in instructor.
“The sense of a team was something you could really feel,” he said. “They brought everyone together, and everyone celebrated as a team and a country, and that was something really special to be a part of.”