Winter Olympics: NZ bobsleigh team 23rd

New Zealand bobsleigh pair Alan Henderson and Matt Dallow maintained 23rd position after their third and final ride of the Winter Olympics competition at Cesana Pariol in Italy today.

The New Zealanders were placed 23rd of the 29 entries after their first two runs yesterday.

With conditions difficult, the times for today's rides were all slower.

Henderson and Dallow were timed at 57.46 seconds, nearly a second slower than yesterday's efforts, and had a combined time for their three rides of 2min 50.86sec, which was nearly 4sec behind the leaders at that point, Andre Lange and Kevin Kuske of Germany.

New Zealand's interest in the Olympic bobsleigh now turns to the four-man event, when Henderson and Dallow will be joined by Aaron Orangi and Stephen Harrison.

- NZPA