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Last Updated: February 17, 2024, 00:01 IST
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Prince Harry raced headfirst on a tiny skeleton sled going 99 kph (61.5 mph) down a observe at subsequent yr’s Invictus Games web site Thursday, saying with a smile afterward that everybody ought to do it.
WHISTLER, British Columbia: Prince Harry raced head-first on a tiny skeleton sled going 99 kph (61.5 mph) down a observe at subsequent yr’s Invictus Games web site Thursday, saying with a smile afterward that everybody ought to do it.
Harry was in Whistler, British Columbia, with spouse Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, to go to athletes at coaching camps and to advertise the video games he based for wounded, injured or sick service personnel and veterans after he served in Afghanistan.
The British prince did two runs on one of many world’s quickest bobsled tracks, which additionally hosts skeleton races. The 2025 video games in Vancouver and Whistler would be the first to function winter sports activities, together with the skeleton, snowboarding occasions and wheelchair curling, however it should additionally host occasions it has beforehand, corresponding to indoor rowing, sitting volleyball, swimming, wheelchair rugby and wheelchair basketball.
Cowbells rang out because the prince completed his first run, and when he was helped off the observe, he took off his helmet and stated with a smile that “everyone should do this, it should be compulsory.”
Meghan was ready on the backside of the observe after each of his runs.
“Meghan, you’ve got to go,” somebody shouted. “No way,” she replied.
Experienced sliders begin on the prime of the observe, though the prince began on the midway mark. He was given a security briefing first, and medics have been standing by.
American Ivan Morera, a single-arm amputee who was wounded in a fight zone in Afghanistan, was in Whistler for the coaching camp. He stated he appreciated Harry giving service members a possibility to seek out objective after damage.
“I’m continuously recovering from this injury, maybe not physically, but emotionally, mentally,” Morera stated in an interview. “A big catastrophic event like that affects you, so adaptive sports is my way of dealing with that.”
The 2025 video games may have about 500 rivals from 23 nations from Feb. 8-16, 2025.
(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is printed from a syndicated information company feed – Associated Press)
