Brad Hall and Nick Gleeson crashed on their penultimate run of the two-man bobsleigh and finished 11th as Great Britain’s Winter Olympics nightmare continued.

Hall’s sled overturned towards the end of the run in Yanqing and they slid over the finish line on their side, but both emerged unscathed.

The Britons had started the final day of competition in 11th place after the first two runs.

Hall told BBC Sport of the crash: “It was a mistake I hadn’t made before and I was definitely surprised it happened, so it caught me a bit off guard.

“But that’s elite racing. Anything can happen. It happens in Formula One, it happens in bobsleigh, you’ve got to pick yourself up and keep going.

“We were both fit and healthy and we were always going again. There was nothing stopping us doing the fourth run.

“We looked at what happened (on video) and made the adjustments straight away. We’re looking to the four-man now and progressing from there.”

On their hopes for the four-man, Hall said: “We still have a pretty good chance. We have had a good season so far with a few medals in the four-man, so there is no reason why we cannot do that next weekend as well.

“We need to rectify the mistakes – my driving is usually a little bit better in the four-man. We will start in a few days’ time with a clean slate.”

Gleeson, who said the pair had “a few battle scars but nothing majorly concerning”, added: “I’m incredibly proud of Brad getting us down the fourth time. All eyes now set on the four-man, getting the other guys in and trying to do even better.”

A top-ten place proved elusive for Hall and Gleeson as, despite producing their second quickest run of the event in heat four, they finished 3.03 seconds behind the lead.

Germany completed a clean sweep of the medals with defending champion Francesco Friedrich claiming his third Olympic gold.

Team-mates Johannes Lochner and Christoph Hafer piloted their teams to silver and bronze respectively.

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