San Antonio's Justin Olsen leads USA Bobsled to 18th place in Germany

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By Robert H Kelly
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KOENIGSSEE, GERMANY (January 14, 2019) Texan Justin Olsen (shown right), along with teammates Blaine McConnell, Adrian Adams, and Kyle Wilcox, combined to place 18^th in the four-man bobsled World Cup race on Sunday, January 13. On their first run. the foursome pushed off the start in 4.94 seconds with Olsen piloting the USA No. 2 sled to the finish in 49.66 seconds for 15th place. After a start time of 4.98 seconds in run two, they posted a run time of 49.75 seconds. Olsen, McConnell, Adams and Wilcox fell back three spots to finish 18th with a two-run total of 1:39.41.

Olsen, a member of three Olympic squads (2010, 2014, 2018), won the gold medal, with pilot Steve Holcomb, in the four-man bobsled in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver. In the 2014 Games in Sochi, he placed 14tn in the four-man event with pilot Nick Cunningham. In PyeongChang (2018), the San Antonio native, placed 14^th in the two-man event and 20^th in the four-man event.

The World Cup moves to Igls, Austria for the fifth stop of the tour. The circuit will make one more stop in Europe after Igls before transitioning to North America.