A flat sled with bars on either side for the racer ... Bobsled: Racers start running along the ice track while pushing the sled. Eventually, the crew leaps in and heads down the track.

Instead, curling was more of a fun pastime that saw people sliding flat-bottomed rocks over ... which means sled. Norwegian ice-skater Sonja Henie on the ice at Chamonix during the Winter Olympics.