Winter Olympics - Germany partner with BMW to produce bobsleigh track simulator to give them the edge in Beijing 2022

The German bobsleigh team are hoping to have a big advantage at the Winter Olympics after a former luger and Eurosport Germany pundit linked up with BMW to develop a simulator of the track at Beijing 2022. Julian von Schleinitz is a former junior world champion in luge and has been working with Eurosport as an expert commentator following his retirement in 2018.

Ad/> Despite not competing any more, Von Schleinitz played a helping hand in Germany’s preparations for the bobsleigh events by roping in BMW to create a simulator of the track at Beijing 2022. /> Beijing 2022'She's a three-time Olympic champion' — Humphries secures another goldAN HOUR AGO He was integral in gaining vital information about the track, after analysing video runs of what the bobsleigh riders will tackle in China in a bid to give the Germans an added advantage in this year’s events.

Von Schleinitz admitted that one of the key issues faced in the ambitious project was being unable to measure the actual track in Beijing, so they had to look closer to home and model the distance of the track at Königssee for the 3D model. He explained that once this data was gathered, it was enough to make a head-start on building the simulator.

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