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| Feb 15, 2022

Fenlator-Victorian expresses gratitude after bowing out of Beijing Winter Olympics

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Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian. (Photo: Facebook @JBSFED)

Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian has expressed her gratitude for the support she received during her campaign at the ongoing 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

Fenlator-Victorian finished 19th in the Women’s monobob after her final run Sunday night in a time of 1:07:63 minutes and combined time was 4:28:56 minutes.

Having to contend with the emotion of losing her sister, Angelica, to cancer in late December and then the Court of Arbitration for Sports rejecting her appeal to have Jamaica’s two-woman bobsled team included in the Winter Games, for the three-time Olympian, just being able to compete at the Games was a triumph.

Obviously disappointed at not finishing among the medals, Fenlator-Victorian published an emotional post on Instagram on Tuesday.

“Honestly, I am still processing it all. Right now I don’t have the words to really express all that I have experienced in these last weeks and I am trying to come to terms with what I want to share about it all with you, no filter, just raw, honest and transparent,” she said.

“It’s a bit difficult as I still struggle to navigate and have a fear that when I break down I may not be able to put the pieces together where I am functional again, yet I also know at the same time that I am forever changed and there is no escaping that.

“What I can say is this…Thank You from the absolute bottom of my heart. Competing in @beijing2022 has been wild in more ways than one. I honestly didn’t believe I could be here and I made it and competed with every ounce in me to the best of my ability despite circumstances.”

Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian. (Photo: Facebook @Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian)

She continued: ‘The competitor in me of course knows my true ability of performance and has some disappointments but the human in me also knows that I won the biggest victory of them all and I don’t need a medal to prove it. I am and always be enough.

“For now I am filled with gratitude for every individual that has coached me, mentored me, treated me, cared for me, messaged, shared, contributed, provided, smiled and more. My heart is exploding and I want you all to know I truly appreciate it all over the last 3 Olympics.”

Fenlator-Victorian represented the USA at the 2014 Games in Sochi before wearing the colours of the Jamaican flag in the last two Olympics (2018 and 2022).

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