The JAM-1 sled from Jamaica, takes a turn during a training run for the men's two-man bobsled at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn) (The Associated Press)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Leigh Diffey's professional career has almost exclusively been devoted to covering motorsports.
NBC is now giving him a chance to make his Olympic debut.
Diffey is part of the network's coverage of the Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, as the play-by-play announcer for bobsled, skeleton and luge.
It's a temporary break from his regular gig as the play-by-play announcer for Formula One and IndyCar for NBC Sports Group, and a far cry from a career made covering everything on wheels.
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