Kristopher Horn, Carsten Vissering, Hunter Powell and Caleb Furnell, of the United States, start their first run during the four-man bobsled World Cup and Olympic test event in Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025.
From front, Kristopher Horn, Carsten Vissering, Hunter Powell and Caleb Furnell, of the United States, start their first run during the four-man bobsled World Cup and Olympic test event in Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025. Andrew Medichini, Associated Press
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When Caleb Furnell graduated from Utah Valley University in 2024, the sprinter figured his athletic career was finished. He had graduated with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science and was figuring out whether to go on to a graduate degree or start a career.

“I was happily retired from the sport,” 24-year-old Furnell said in an interview with the Church News. He added, “I thought my athletic career was over.”

Now, the Latter-day Saint is running on ice and sprinting for about 40 yards as a push athlete and brakeman on one of the United States’ four-man bobsled teams. He’s in a sled with pilot Kris Horn and push athletes Carsten Vissering and Hunter Powell.

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