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“It’s been 10 years, this is Year 11,” said Giguere, who has also competed in a total of four World Cup bobsled seasons during that span. “But I felt like I could still play and I still wanted to play, so I kept in shape, kept running around.”

Make that both football and bobsled shape, considering the two sports seem to go hand in hand, especially for former Eskimos running back Jesse Lumsden and former Calgary Stampeders defensive back Keenan MacDougall, while Lyndon Rush played college football with Saskatchewan.

“Obviously, you need to be fast and strong and a lot of football players meet those criteria,” said Giguere. “But at the same time, being on the four-man sled, you have to be able to work within a team, to be good teammates and to be able to form that chemistry.

“That’s why a lot of football players make that transition and are successful in bobsled, because they’re good teammates.”

As for the 2022 Games in Beijing …

“It’s far,” Giguere said after a pause. “My kids don’t like it when I’m away for that long, so we’ll see what happens.”

Even if the next Olympics don’t happen for him, the veteran footballer is still well-travelled.

“It was a great experience, it was a lot of fun,” he said of his Korea trip. “It’s a huge show and spectacle. It’s amateur sport, so it was fun to see that side of it.

“I’ve been to two Grey Cups, I’ve been to a Super Bowl before. And then to see the biggest show in amateur sport, it was fun. It was good.”

But now, with his focus back on the gridiron, Giguere is looking to catch up with his new team after missing out on training camp and the opening two weeks of the season.