Disappointment for Britain
Saturday February 27, 2010 - Email this article to a friend

It was a disappointing end to The Games for Alcott. 

In very bad weather she missed a gate at the vey top of the course and skied out.  The event was won by the German, Maria Reisch.

Her second gold of The Games. See a video of her race here.

"It was always going to be a fight from my start number and I knew I really had to try to charge it," said Alcott.

Alcott has competed in all five women's Alpine events in Vancouver, finishing 11th in the combined event to equal her best Olympic Winter Games performance.

It was her third Games.

Here she is back at her first in Salt Lake City. PlanetSKI took the photo in the finish area at the bottom of the Downhill in Snowbasin.

Salt Lake City, 2002

For a video of her 2010 slalom run and a sad end to her Olympics see this story on the BBC

Meanwhile there was disappoinment for Britain in the 4-man bob, as they crashed on their second run, but they get to race another day.

The quartet of John Jackson, Henry Nwume, Dan Money and Allyn Condon were in a creditable 11th place after clocking a time of 51.53 seconds on the opening run of their Vancouver 2010 campaign.

That put them 0.64 seconds behind USA 1, the race leaders.

The Team GB crew crashed on their second run but still slid across the finish line to set a time, giving them the opportunity to continue racing. Their second run time of 54.29 put them into 21st place overall.

Driver John Jackson said they aim to race again as long as their sled is ok.

Jackson said: "I made a mistake, I went a little bit too high on the exit of 11. Obviously we're disappointed, but we're fine.

"We've got a couple of bumps and bruises. The sled has a few scrapes. We'll have a closer look at it later, but if it's fine we'll be back again tomorrow.

"We got some confidence after the first run and I just tried to push it a little bit more on the second," he added.

The four-man bobsleigh is the final event of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games at the Whistler Sliding Centre.

Information, interviews and photos courtesy of the British Olympic Association. 

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