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#WinterOlympics | Jamaica remain 30th after two rounds of two-man bobsleigh

Published:Monday | February 14, 2022 | 10:16 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter
Shanwayne Stephens and Nimroy Turgott, of Jamaica, start the 2-man heat 1 at the 2022 Winter Olympics, earlier today, in the Yanqing district of Beijing.
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Shanwayne Stephens and Nimroy Turgott, of Jamaica, start the 2-man heat 1 at the 2022 Winter Olympics, earlier today, in the Yanqing district of Beijing.

After two rounds of the two-man bobsleigh, Jamaica remain in 30th place with a combined time of 2:02.58 minutes.

The team of Shanwayne Stephens (pilot) and Nimory Turgott (brakeman) completed their second run in a time of 1:01:35 minutes, ranking them 28th place in the second heat but not enough to make a move up the overall standings.

The German team of Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis remain in the lead with a combined time of 1:58:38 minutes.

Their countrymen Johannes Lochner and Florian Bauer are in second place with 1:58.53 minutes and Rostislav Gaitiukevich and Aleksei Laptev of the Russian Olympic Committee are in third place with 1:59.32 minutes.

The third heat of the event will begin tomorrow at 7:15 a.m. Jamaica time.