A small, but "fresh" team has been able to qualify for Olympic games in Alpine Sking, Snowboard and Bobsled.

Friday 24.02.2006 the competition started for the "Frozen Banana Team", the 4-Bobsled team. The Team has been able to qualify against Jamaica ("Cool runnings") and other nations.



Unfortunately, 2 crashes in 2 runs meant position 25, but all sportsmen are healthy. All news and informations:
www.nbcolympics.com/bobsled/index.html.

Team Manager is the ex-worldchampion of natural luge, the South-Tyrolean Martin Gruber (on bottom, 1st from right), at that time sponsored by KIKU, now achitect involved in the construction of sports facilities in Brasil The Frozen Bananas with the Braun-brothers (KIKU), Thomas (top, 2nd from right) and Jürgen (bottom, left).. Exotics in winter sports, but Top-athletes in different summer disciplines, Brasilian and SouthAmerican Champions, and medal winner at Summer Olympic Games.

in sequence:

Ricardo Raschini - pilot: Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City 2002, luge

Claudinei Quirino - side pusher: Silver medal at Summer Olympics Sydney 2000, 4x100m-relay, 100m in 10.08sec

Eric Maleson - President

Edson Bindilatti - Brake: pluri-champion in Brasil and SouthAmerica in Decathlon

(missing: Marcio Silva - side pusher: track and field) More about the athletes on www.cbdg.org.br/atletas.htm "Frozen Bananas" and "Fresh Apple Emotion" presented the first time together in Italy, domestic market of South-Tyrolean company KIKU ltd.. On the other side, there are partnerships with Brasilian apple companies since years, and hopefully this alliance brings new partner in apple business.