Olympics: Jamaican skeleton slider Anthony Watson fails to make medal rounds
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- </span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">The good news for the 28-year-old Jamaican would be that he did at least improve on a second-round run, which saw him clock 54.04 on the previous day, but after another difficult start meant that it would be far from his best.
- Watson clocked 53.35 to remain in 29 well short of his heat 1 mark of 53.13.
- </span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">The Jamaican, however, again finished just ahead of Ghanaian Akwasi Frimpong who was 30</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">th</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in 53.69 as both struggled to keep up with the experienced field.
- </span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Cumulatively Watson’s time was 2:40.52 well outside of the qualifying mark.
- Frimpong finished in the final spot with a combined time of 2:42.12.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Despite not making it to the medal round, Watson created history by being the first athlete to compete for Jamaica in this winter sport.
Jamaica Skeleton slider Anthony Watson failed in his bid to qualify for the next round of the event, after completing the third heat of the men’s event at the Olympic Sliding Centre on Thursday.
After finishing in 29th position following heats 1 and 2 on the previous day, Watson’s best hope was perhaps simply looking to record his best run of the competition.
The good news for the 28-year-old Jamaican would be that he did at least improve on a second-round run, which saw him clock 54.04 on the previous day, but after another difficult start meant that it would be far from his best. Watson clocked 53.35 to remain in 29 well short of his heat 1 mark of 53.13.
The Jamaican, however, again finished just ahead of Ghanaian Akwasi Frimpong who was 30th in 53.69 as both struggled to keep up with the experienced field.
Cumulatively Watson’s time was 2:40.52 well outside of the qualifying mark. Frimpong finished in the final spot with a combined time of 2:42.12.
Despite not making it to the medal round, Watson created history by being the first athlete to compete for Jamaica in this winter sport. Heading into the competition he held a world ranking of 74th.
