The team of Winston Watts and Marvin Dixon had a combined time of one minute and 57.23 seconds Sunday, almost five seconds behind the Russian pair of Alexander Zubkov and Alexey Voevoda who clocked 1:52.82. The Russians are ahead of second-placed Beat Hefti and Alex Baumann of Sweden in 1:53.14. Americans Steven Holcomb and Steven Langton are third.
This season’s World Cup winner Holcomb, who also won the 2010 gold in the four-man event, was just 0.09 seconds behind Zubkov after the first attempt but finished third with a time of 1:53.18.
The Jamaicans will enter the third and final heat Monday. Jamaica made its debut at the Winter Olympics in 1988 Calgary when a team made up of track sprinters entered in the men’s four-man bobsleigh competition.
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