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New sled project for 2018 Winter Games

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the "Shitamachi Bobsleigh" (downtown bobsleigh) project promotion committee pose for photos in Tokyo on June 4, 2014. The committee announced a plan the same day to develop a new sled for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

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Team Japan ends 3rd heat of men's 4-man bobsleigh

SOCHI, Russia - (From L to R) Shintaro Sato, Hiroshi Suzuki, and Hisashi Miyazaki get out of their sled after finishing their run in the third heat of the men's four-man bobsled race at the Sanki Sliding Center during the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 23, 2014.

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Team Japan ends 3rd heat of men's 4-man bobsleigh

SOCHI, Russia - (From L to R) Hiroshi Suzuki, Shintaro Sato, Toshiki Kuroiwa and Hisashi Miyazaki of Japan's bobsleigh team smile after their run in the third heat of the men's four-man bobsled race at the Sanki Sliding Center during the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 23, 2014.

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Team Japan ends 3rd heat of men's 4-man bobsleigh

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's bobsleigh team, including (from front to back) Hiroshi Suzuki, Toshiki Kuroiwa and Shintaro Sato, crosses the finish line in the third heat of the men's four-man bobsled race at the Sanki Sliding Center during the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 23, 2014.

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Team Japan huddles before starting men's bobsleigh race

SOCHI, Russia - Members of Japan's bobsleigh team, including Shintaro Sato (far L) and Hisashi Miyazaki (2nd from L), huddle before the second heat of the men's four-man bobsled event at the Sanki Sliding Center during the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 22, 2014.

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Team Japan starts men's bobsleigh race in Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - (From L to R) Shintaro Sato, Hisashi Miyazaki and Hiroshi Suzuki of Japan's bobsleigh team start their run in the second heat of the men's four-man bobsled event at the Sanki Sliding Center during the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 22, 2014.

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Team Japan starts men's bobsleigh race in Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - (From L to R) Shintaro Sato, Hisashi Miyazaki, Hiroshi Suzuki and Toshiki Kuroiwa of Japan's bobsleigh team start their run in the second heat of the men's four-man bobsled event at the Sanki Sliding Center during the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 22, 2014.

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Team Japan starts men's bobsleigh race in Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - (From L to R) Shintaro Sato, Hiroshi Suzuki and Toshiki Kuroiwa of Japan's bobsleigh team start their run in the second heat of the men's four-man bobsled event at the Sanki Sliding Center during the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 22, 2014.

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Team Japan competes in men's bobsleigh in Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's bobsleigh team comprising Hiroshi Suzuki, Toshiki Kuroiwa, Shintaro Sato and Hisashi Miyazaki speeds down the track in the first heat of the men's four-man bobsled event at the Sanki Sliding Center during the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 22, 2014.

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Team Japan in two-man bobsleigh at Sochi Games

SOCHI, Russia - Hisashi Miyazaki (L) and Hiroshi Suzuki of Japan finish their run in the third heat of the men's two-man bobsleigh at the Sanki Sliding Center during the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 17, 2014.

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Team Japan in two-man bobsleigh at Sochi Games

SOCHI, Russia - Hiroshi Suzuki (L) and Hisashi Miyazaki of Japan smile after their run in the third heat of the men's two-man bobsleigh at the Sanki Sliding Center during the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 17, 2014.

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Team Japan in two-man bobsleigh at Sochi Games

SOCHI, Russia - Hiroshi Suzuki (L) responds to the crowd after finishing his run in the third heat of the men's two-man bobsleigh with Hisashi Miyazaki (far R) at the Sanki Sliding Center during the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 17, 2014.

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Team Japan in two-man bobsleigh at Sochi Games

SOCHI, Russia - Hiroshi Suzuki (front) and Hisashi Miyazaki of Japan finish their run in the third heat of the men's two-man bobsleigh at the Sanki Sliding Center during the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 17, 2014.

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Team Japan competes in men's bobsleigh

SOCHI, Russia - Hiroshi Suzuki (R) and Hisashi Miyazaki of Japan speed down the track during the first heat of the men's two-man bobsleigh at the Sanki Sliding Center during the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 16, 2014.

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Team Japan competes in men's bobsleigh

SOCHI, Russia - Hiroshi Suzuki (L) and Hisashi Miyazaki of Japan finish their second heat of the men's two-man bobsleigh at the Sanki Sliding Center during the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 16, 2014. They finished Heat 2 in 28th place.

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Team Japan competes in men's bobsleigh

SOCHI, Russia - Hiroshi Suzuki (R) and Hisashi Miyazaki of Japan compete in the first heat of the men's two-man bobsleigh at the Sanki Sliding Center during the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 16, 2014.

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Olympic softball medalist seeking bid to race in skeleton in Sochi

NAGANO, Japan - Juri Takayama (L) takes a break during skeleton training at the Spiral -- a bobsleigh, luge and skeleton track in Nagano -- on July 6, 2013.

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Olympic softball medalist seeking bid to race in skeleton in Sochi

NAGANO, Japan - Juri Takayama hops on the sled while practicing the start of the skeleton at the Spiral -- a bobsleigh, luge and skeleton track in Nagano -- on July 6, 2013. Takayama, an Olympic medalist in women's softball, now aims to qualify to represent Japan in the skeleton event at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia.

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"Shitamachi" plants develop Japan's 1st bobsled

TOKYO, Japan - Developers of the "Shitamachi Bobsled," including Junichi Hosogai (R) and Satoshi Kosugi (2nd from R), watch it perform a test run at the Nagano Bobsleigh-Luge Park, known as Spiral, in Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture, on Dec. 13, 2012. Young owners of some small factories in Tokyo's Ota Ward have developed the first made-in-Japan bobsled in the run-up to the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.

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IOC OKs entry of Japanese bobsleigh team to Winter Olympics

NAGANO, Japan - Suguru Kiyokawa (L) and Chisato Nagaoka, two of Japan's four-member bobsleigh team, speaks with reporters in Nagano on Feb. 1 after the International Olympic Committee told the Japanese Olympic Committee that it plans to allow the Japanese team to participate in the Turin Winter Olympics.

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Japan's Olympic bobsleigh berths on hold

TURIN, Italy - Suguru Kiyokawa (L) and Chisato Nagaoka, two of Japan's four-member bobsleigh team, speaks with reporters at the Japan Bobsleigh and Luge Federation in Nagano on Jan. 31. They face a nervous wait to see if they are allowed to appear at the Winter Olympics after it was learned they have not obtained entry qualification for the upcoming event in Turin.

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Inoue's unique hair style draws photographers

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Masanori Inoue, a member of Japan's bobsleigh delegation to the 19th Winter Olympic Games, stole the show for his unique hair style on his arrival at the airport Feb. 5.

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Jamaica to use Japanese "shitamachi bobsleigh" at 2018 Olympics

Chris Stokes (3rd from L, back), president of the Jamaica Bobsleigh Federation, poses with members of Japan's "Shitamachi Bobsleigh" project group during a press conference in Nagano, central Japan, on Jan. 17, 2016. They agreed that the "Shitamachi Bobsleigh" developed by small factories in Tokyo's Ota Ward will be provided for free to the Jamaican bobsleigh team with the aim of taking part in the 2018 Winter Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Downtown bobsled" not to be used in 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics

Junichi Hosogai (R), general manager of the "Shitamachi Bobsled" (downtown bobsled) project team, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2015, after it was informed by the Japan Bobsleigh-Luge and Skelton Federation that it will not use the bobsled developed by the team, comprising a number of small factories in the Japanese capital's Ota Ward, in the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Olympic bobsleigh berths on hold

TURIN, Italy - Suguru Kiyokawa (L) and Chisato Nagaoka, two of Japan's four-member bobsleigh team, speaks with reporters at the Japan Bobsleigh and Luge Federation in Nagano on Jan. 31. They face a nervous wait to see if they are allowed to appear at the Winter Olympics after it was learned they have not obtained entry qualification for the upcoming event in Turin. (Kyodo)

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IOC OKs entry of Japanese bobsleigh team to Winter Olympics

NAGANO, Japan - Suguru Kiyokawa (L) and Chisato Nagaoka, two of Japan's four-member bobsleigh team, speaks with reporters \in Nagano on Feb. 1 after the International Olympic Committee told the Japanese Olympic Committee that it plans to allow the Japanese team to participate in the Turin Winter Olympics. (Kyodo)