Sleigh duo in slide

Taken from www.thesun.co.uk

BRITISH pair Nicola Minichiello and Jackie Davies blew their bid for a bobsleigh medal.

The duo had been .25 of a second off bronze overnight after recording the fastest second-run time to stand in sixth place.

But Britain One suffered two dismal final runs yesterday to finish in ninth spot at the Cesana Pariol.

Minichiello said: ?I?m absolutely gutted. On corners two and three in the third run I made tiny mistakes.

?And if you make a mistake on this track you get punished.?

Davies added: ?We didn?t know where the time went. We tried our best.

?We were looking for a top-six finish so this is disappointing.?

The British girls lost valuable time in the middle section of the third run after a trademark fine start.

Their fourth run was also patchy as they finished more than two seconds off winners Germany One.

United States One took silver, while Italy One came third.