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.
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.
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.