Bobsled teams from Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica are hopeful they can lean on their rich sprinting culture and move closer to the European powers in the sport.

Bobsleigh pilot Axel Brown, from Harrogate, represents the Caribbean country at the Olympics.

It continued to be rough going on the snow for TTO’s competitors at the Winter Olympic Games in Italy, yesterday.

Trinidad and Tobago's bobsleigh team say it is "mission accomplished" in their 'operation don't come last' as they finished 25th out of 26 in the Olympic two-man event.