. >> this will be nick cunningham's third olympics.the opening ceremony in 2010 in his team usa uniform was one of the proudest moments of his life. that is until a few years later when he put on a different uniform. what you are about to see is what an olympic bobsledder sees. in this case, nick cunningham's point of view as he pilots a sled, skidding along a sheet of ice at close to 100 miles per hour. which all makes what you are about to hear nick say a bit surprising. >> believe it or not, i'm not -- i don't like to do death defying stuff. >> reporter: what the soon to be three-time olympian means is that if you've drained hard enough and smart enough, what seems dangerous to others is simply skrus just doing your job, much like nick's other occupation, sergeant in the army national guard. >> that was the great thing about 2014. i was able to go represent my country and represent the u.s. army and the u.s. military. >> reporter: a special world class athlete program allows nick to both serve his country as a construction engineer

. >> this will be nick cunningham's third olympics, walking in the olympic ceremony in 2010 in a team a few years later when he put on a different uniform. what you are about to see is what an olympic bobsledder sees. in this case, nick cunningham's point of view as he pilots a sled, skidding along a sheet of ice at close to 100 miles per hour, which all makes what you are about to hear nick say a bit surprising. >> believe it or not i'm not a -- i don't like to do death defying stuff. >> what the soon to be three-time limpian means is that if you've trained hard enough and smart enough, what seems dangerous to others is simply just doing your job. much like it turns out nick's other occupation, sergeant in the army national guard. >> that was a greatest thing about 2014. i was able to go represent my country and represent the u.s. army and the u.s. military. >> a special world class athlete program allows nick to both serve his country as a construction engineer, and train for the games. although, this past year, those dual responsibilities forced nick to make a difficult decision. >

. >> reporter: this will be nick cunningham's third olympics.says walking in the opening ceremony in 2010 in his team usa uniform was one of the proudest moments of his life. that is until a few years later, when he put on a different uniform. what you are about to see is what an olympic bobsledder sees. in this case, nick cunningham's point of view as he pilots a sled, skidding along a sheet of ice at close to 100 miles per hour. which all makes what you are about to hear nick say a bit surprising. >> believe it or not, i'm not a -- i don't like to do death-defying stuff. >> reporter: what the soon-to-be three-time olympian means is that if you've trade hard enough and smart enough, what seems dangerous to others is simply just doing your job. much like it turns out nick's other occupation, sergeant in the army national guard. >> that was the greatest thing about 2014, i was able to represent my country and represent the u.s. army and the u.s. military. >> reporter: a special world-class athlete program allows nick to both serve his country as

in this case, nick cunningham's point of view as he pilots a sled, skidding along sheet of ice at closeto 100 miles an hour. which all makes what you are about to hear nick say a bit surprising. >> believe it or not, i'm not, i don't like to do death defying stuff. what is soon to be the three-time olympian means, if you train hard enough and smart enough what seems dangerous to others is simply doing your job. much like it turns out anything's other occupation, sergeant in the army national guard. >> that was the greatest thing about 2014. i was able to represent my country and represent the u.s. army and the u.s. military. >> a special u.s. world class program allows noik serve his country as a construction engineer and train for the game. although this past year, those dual responsibilities forced nick to make a difficult decision. >> my unit was deployed while i was in the world class athlete program. the hardest decision i had to make as a soldier, do i go with my unit or try to represent my unit at the olympics? i couldn't do both. >> nick who grew up surfing in monterey and went

. >> nick cunningham is his name. he grew up in monterey, ran track, played football. w his sport is bobsledding. nick sent us great video i wanted to show you. this is what it looks like from his perspective, piloting a two-man bobsled down the track at speeds close to 100 miles per hour. nick's first olympics in vancouver, he was a brakeman in the back of the sled. now he'll pilot a two and four-man sled in pyeongchang. an amazing success for a person who got into the sport basically on a dare from his parents, who suggested he try it. >> it was the worst case scenario. i get to have a really cool bar story to tell my friends later down the road, that i tried out for the bobsled team. 18 months later, i went to my first olympic games. so it worked out. >> it sure did. now, because nick loves summers sports like surfing growing up, whenever the weather gets really cold in lake placid where he trains, he tells me he makes sure, raj and janelle, to text his parents and remind them that this was all their idea. >> we wish him the best of luck. hopefully he'll do well and