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Feb 2022
Disappointment for Harrogate bobsleigher Axel Brown at Winter Olympics
Harrogate's Axel Brown competed for the Trinidad and Tobago bobsleigh team today in the Beijing Winter Olympics.
However, there was disappointment as out of 30 countries, the two-man team he piloted finished 28th in heat 1 and 27th in heat 2. Both heats today were won by Germany.
But the Olympic dream is not over yet as Brown's team will compete in heat 3 and 4 tomorrow.
Brown was born and raised in Harrogate. He attended Harrogate Grammar School from 2003 to 2011 and excelled at American football and taekwondo before discovering bobsleigh in 2014.
He previously competed for Great Britain but qualified to switch to Trinidad and Tobago because his mum is from Pointe-a-Pierre in the country.
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Writing on Instagram, Brown said he was looking forward to competing again tomorrow.
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