NEWPORT’S Mica Moore and bobsleigh teammate Mica McNeill had to settle for 16th place at the World Championships in Konigssee, Germany.

The British duo produced a strong first run, clocking 51.84 seconds to lie seventh in the overall standings early on.

A slower second run of 51.93 seconds saw them slip to 11th position at the end of the first day of competition.

Unfortunately, the world junior champions could not break back into the top 10 on day two, although they did deliver quicker times in runs three and four.

They posted 51.46 and then 51.36 seconds, however, those times were surpassed by some of the crews around them and they finished 16th out of 22 teams.

American Elana Meyers Taylor regained the crown she claimed back in 2015.

She and Kehri Jones pipped Canada’s Kaillie Humphries and Melissa Lotholz to the title by just three-hundredths of a second over four miles of racing.

Jamie Greubel Poser and Aja Evans took bronze for the USA, with home favourites Mariama Jamanka and Annika Drazek fourth.

Meanwhile, in the two-man bobsleigh, Welshman Bruce Tasker and brakeman Joel Fearon claimed a second successive top 10 finish at the World Championships.

Tasker and Fearon produced another solid performance in the showpiece event of the year, 12 months after they finished fourth in Igls, Austria.

Only four nations finished above the British pair in Germany, with sleds from the home nation, Canada, Latvia and the USA making up the top eight.

Sitting eighth overnight, Tasker and Fearon clocked times of 49.66 and 49.45 seconds on day two, saving their best overall time and quickest start of the four runs until last.

Britain’s second crew of Brad Hall and Sam Blanchet finished 28th.

Germany’s Francesco Friedrich claimed a fourth consecutive gold medal with a comfortable victory alongside Thorsten Margis.

Friedrich beat Canada’s Justin Kripps and Jesse Lumsden by an impressive 1.2 seconds, with fellow home favourites Johannes Lochner and Joshua Bluhm taking bronze a further 0.05 seconds back.

Tasker and Fearon finished 0.63 seconds outside the medals.