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Bobsleigh team at the Sochi Games in Russia make practice run

Jamaica's Bobsleigh team at the Sochi Games in Russia were able to get in a practice run on Wednesday when their lugguge came in on a later flight.

Without their clothing, sliding suits, helmets or the expensive runners for their two-man sled, the Jamaicans couldn't do anything but watch on their first day at the Olympic venue.

Watts said the team got its gear around midnight, enabling them to take part in the second day of "unofficial" training. It wasn't until the Jamaicans got to the track that they realised their belongings had been tampered with. Watts said security opened containers of protein powder and the contents spilled out on his clothes and equipment.

He even got powder in his eyes after putting on his helmet.

"Security went through them. I don't know who, but the lids were open," he said. "I didn't look at my bags last night and all of the stuff was all over my stuff. Protein. They take the seal off and open. They may think there was something else in there.

The Jamaicans didn't race on the World Cup circuit this season, but they qualified for the Games by accumulating enough points in lower-tier races in North America.



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