Europe Cup top 10

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.

Trinidad and Tobago bobsleigh Top 10

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The distance to travel up to Lillehammer in Norway means that the IBSF often try and squeeze all of the races there into a short period of time. As such the team had 6 races in 7 days. Starting off with three 2-man races and one 4-man race before a day off. The results were 14th, 15th, DNS, and 14th again before the break, then 14th and 10th.

The biggest issue for the team has been the start. This brand-new team is still getting used to the intricacies of pushing a bobsleigh and working together as a unit. However the start times consistently improved, and a big final effort is what led to the outstanding result at the end. A proof of concept that as the start times continue to fall, the finishing rank will continue to improve as well.