Bobsled brakeman Azaria Hill of the U.S. Olympic bobsled team grew up the proud child of two Olympic medalists: mother Denean Howard-Hill, a three-time Olympian and winner of a gold and two silver medals, and father Virgil Hill, an Olympic silver medalist in boxing. Hill is in the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program (WCAP), which she joined in 2024, saying it has been integral to her Olympic pursuit. She went through 10 weeks of basic training and six weeks of job training, after which she was stationed at the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid. Four of the six women named to the Olympic bobsled team are African American. USA Bobsled and Skeleton likes to have the brakemen pair with different pilots, and Hill has learned from each pilot.