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New Zealand bobsleigh coach Gerd Grimmer says a top-10 world ranking is in reach for his team. Grimmer said the team's campaign for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver was progressing well.
The seven-member squad is to get a taste of ice next week when they head to Canada for their first training on an international track.
Having learnt the basics of the bobsleigh "push" on land in New Zealand, the team will experience the real thing at the Ice House bobsleigh training track in Calgary.
