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Akenke Oliver has become the first female athlete from Trinidad & Tobago to pilot a bobsleigh. She attended a training camp in Innsbruck, Austria hosted by Axel Brown and his team, Axe Racing. Here she had a week of training before entering the Europe Cup race week. Training went well, beginning at a lower start, before graduating up to the top of the track a few days later.

After over a year since their last outing on the World Cup, the Trinidad & Tobago 2-man team have returned to the BMW IBSF World Cup this week in Innsbruck. The 2-man team of pilot Axel Brown and De Aundre John took to the ice to compete against the very best in the world at a track touted to potentially host the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Despite being the only non-Europeans in the 4-man Europe Cup in Lillehammer, Trinidad & Tobago’s Men’s team has managed to secure a top-10 finish, tying with Great Britain. The 4-man team of pilot Axel Brown and Brakemen Nick King, Xaverri Williams, and De Aundre John were able to secure the result in the last of three races.

After making history in the 4-man bobsleigh last week, T&T have broken another record by becoming the first team from Trinidad & Tobago to race in the IBSF World Cup. Axel Brown and Andre Marcano, who haven’t raced together since the Olympics earlier this year, teamed up once again on the world stage.

Trinidad and Tobago’s 4-man bobsleigh team has become the first in Caribbean history to earn a podium finish in an international event. The team of Axel Brown, Xaverri Williams, Shakeel John and Adam Hames crossed the finish line of the Park City North American Cup in 3rd place, securing a historic finish for the red white and black.

Capping off what was already a history making history, T&T’s 2-man bobsleigh team of Axel Brown and Shakeel John came 20^th in this seasons IBSF Bobsleigh World Championships. This year T&T have already won the Caribbean’s first ever 4-man bobsleigh medal, as well as making T&T’s World Cup Debut.

The Trinidad and Tobago Bobsleigh Team are now recruiting new athletes for the Olympic Team. The men’s 2-man squad are now looking for new athletes to join us for the 2022/23 season. If you are interested in joining the team, take a look at the Athlete Recruitment Page for more information.

The Trinidad and Tobago bobsleigh team have made history with their performance in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. 

The Trinidad & Tobago Olympic bobsleigh team have arrived in Beijing and the Games are underway! Before starting the Olympics officially with the opening ceremony, the team needed to unpack the sled, get adjusted to the time-zone and then start learning the track ahead of two days of pre-Games training.

The news we have all been waiting for is finally here. It’s the news that you’ve been waiting to hear, but it’s the news we have been dying to announce for almost a month now. With the signature of Team TTO President Mr Brian Lewis, it all became official, Trinidad & Tobago bobsleigh has qualified for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games!

After what felt like an eternity of waiting to be allowed to slide, the team finally got back on the ice in Park City. Despite the long delay and missing crucial practice time the squad were able to deliver in fine fashion come race day, and add a nice little cherry on top in the form of a pair of 4-man races as well.

The competitive season has begun! After finding their feet in Lake Placid, the team arrived in whistler where the bobsleigh proper could begin.  

A lot has happened in the 2021 bobsleigh off-season, with perhaps nothing more notable than the introduction of an entire new team to the international race circuit. 

Axe Racing aims to become the first carbon neutral bobsleigh team by the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina