Australia’s women bobsleigh team have to slim down to slide faster in Sochi

ASTRID Radenovic and Jana Pittman admit they need to lose weight quickly if they are to be bobsleigh medal contenders.

AUSTRALIA’S Olympic bobsleigh team of Astrid Radenovic and former world athletics champion Jana Pittman admit they need to lose weight and lose it quickly if they are to be medal contenders.

THE SLIDE THAT SILENCED JANA

The duo ended their opening two runs in 14th place, 2.23 sec behind the leaders, Elana Meyers and Lauryn Williams of the USA-1 team.

Astrid Radjenovic (front) and Jana Pittman of Australia make a run during the Women's Bobsleigh heats on day 11 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.

“We ate for Australia but we will take the weight we need to lose out of the sled,” said Pittman, a former 400m hurdler.

Radenovic said that they had probably overindulged on Olympic food.

“We managed to eat maybe a little bit too much over the past few days and didn't realise we had gone that heavy,” she said.

Astrid Radjenovic and Jana Pittman of Australia team 1 make a run during the Women's Bobsleigh heats on day 11 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.