Jamaica’s Mica Moore is 15th out of 25 competitors following the first two heats of the women’s monobob competition at the Winter Olympics at Eugenio Monti Sliding Center in Cortina d’Ampezzo on Sunday.

Moore was timed in 1:00.55 in the first run to be 17th best from the 25 starters but shaved that time to 1:00.43 in the second run, the 14th best run in the heat to leave her in 15th place overall with two runs left.

Germany’s Laura Nolte was the fastest in the first run with 59.44 seconds, followed by two Americans, Elana Meyers Taylor in 59.49 seconds and Kaysha Love in 59.54 seconds.

American Kaillie Humphries, who was fourth after the first run, was quickest in the second run with a time of 59.65 seconds, followed by Nolte with 59.68 seconds and Canadian Melissa Lotholz with 59.84 seconds.

Nolte, Meyers Taylor and Humphries currently occupy the three podium positions overall.

The competition will continue on Monday when the athletes will get two more runs and the medallists will be decided by the lowest cumulative time over all four runs.

— Paul A Reid