Davidson de Souza pursues bobsled dream in Canada [Video]

Davidson de Souza grew up about as far away from a bobsled track as possible.

He was raised in a favela outside of Sao Paulo, Brazil, but the first time he slid down the ice at Calgary’s WinSport facility, de Souza knew he was home.

“It was pure adrenalin. It was everything I love,” he said. “I came down, got out of the sled super dizzy in Calgary. I was like ‘What the heck was that?’ And ‘Can I go up again?’ … I was hooked right away.”

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That was more than a decade ago when de Souza was training with Brazil’s bobsled team. Now he’s a brakeman for the Canadian squad striving for the 2026 Milano-Cortina Olympics.

De Souza’s path has had more twists and turns than the frozen tracks he slides down.

He …