Elfje Willemsen: "The goal is to do better than Sochi"

Elfje Willemsen and brakewoman Sara Aerts are in eleventh place after the first day of bobsleigh competition. The goal of doing as well as the sixth place achieved in Sochi in 2014 is complicated before the last two runs. "I'm a little disappointed with my driving skills," responded Willemsen.

"In both runs, I made the same two small mistakes that cost us two to three tenths.In the evening, the track is faster than the training and I have to adjust my timing. big mistakes, but it still costs us time, "she explained.

Overall, Willemsen is 1.04 seconds behind Germany's Mariama Jamanka, who leads the standings. In the last two runs on Wednesday, Willemsen says she can grab some spots in the standings. "Some teams did very good runs, while their training results were not as good, let's hope they have a less good day on Wednesday and a better day, so we could climb the rankings."

Willemsen confessed Tuesday night that she had imagined another benefit. "I'm disappointed in my driving skills, the training was almost perfect, and here I've done two things: I'm never stressed before a race so it's not the cause. think it was the conditions of the track and maybe the concentration Wednesday we will have to redeem ourselves and show what we achieved in training, "she concluded.

Vannieuwenhuyse: "best races of the week"

Driver An Vannieuwenhuyse and the brakewoman Sophie Vercruyssen finished the first day of the Olympic bobsleigh competition in fifteenth place. An Vannieuwenhuyse drew a positive rating after the first two of the four heats.

"It was the best runs of the week, the second and third bends were still not good, but it was better than the training and in turns twelve and thirteen, I twice same fault, but the long straight was correct and that's the most important, I have a good feeling, "said An Vannieuwenhuyse. Bob Spanky's pilot was not physically 100%. "The start was not good, since this morning my ankle is slightly swollen, I hope it will be better on Wednesday and we can make a better start, if we correct our small mistakes and we make two good runs, so we could climb the rankings, our goal was the top 12 and we're close to it. "

An Vannieuwenhuyse and Sophie Vercruyssen started in twentieth and last position in the first run. They then had to leave fifteen minutes later to prepare for the second run. "It was complicated but we did well after the first run, all the stress was down. This fifteenth place is correct. Wednesday, we will try to take advantage of the moment and improve our. We will then see where this will lead to."

(c) press release material and photographs courtesy of Team Belgium

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