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.

A NORTH Yorkshire athlete helped Trinidad and Tobago avoid a last place finish in the Winter Olympics bobsleigh event.

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

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.

Harrogate-born bobsleigh ace Axel Brown said that his experience at the 2026 Winter Olympics felt "like win".

Training for the women’s monobob competitors, including Jamaica’s Mica Moore, will begin at the Winter Olympics on Thursday, as will training for the two-man bobsleigh. Three training sessions, from Thursday to Saturday,

Everything you need to know about the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic Games from the Los Angeles Times' team of reporters and photographers.