By Alan Baldwin CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Jamaican sprinter Tyquendo Tracey reckons Lewis Hamilton would make a good Olympic bobsleigh driver should the seven-times Formula One champion be looking for thrills once he hangs up his helmet.

France's Quentin Fillon Maillet shot clean to power to Olympic biathlon gold in the men's 10 kilometre sprint on Friday. He picked up his fourth Olympic gold and second of these Games after winning by 13.

Bobsled teams from Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica are hopeful they can lean on their rich sprinting culture and move closer to the European powers in the sport.

Olympic sprint champion Maren Kirkeeide and the other female biathletes at the Milano Cortina Games face a quick turnaround after Saturday's sprint, with less than 24 hours to recover before Sunday's pursuit race gets underway at the Anthloz-Anterselva Biathlon Arena.

Olympic sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson begs to be let off after she's caught speed at 104mph.Credit: Orange County Sheriff's Office/TMX

The Finnish ski federation has lodged a protest against the Olympic cross country men's sprint results because the governing body FIS violated its own rules towards medallists Norway and United States.