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Red Stripe Beer Offers to Buy Jamaican Women New Bobsled After Coach Quits

Red Stripe Beer has offered to purchase a new bobsled for the Jamaican women's bobsled team after its coach, Sandra Kiriasis, quit.

According to BBC Sport's Anna Thompson, Kiriasis "threatened to take the team's sled" which she claims she owns. She added that Kiriasis "wants payment for it but the Jamaica Bobsleigh Federation declined and is disputing she owns the sled."

Red Stripe, which is brewed in Jamaica, made the offer Thursday morning. ESPN.com's Darren Rovell confirmed it is legitimate.

Kiriasis told reporters she left the Jamaican team because the country's bobsled federation wanted her to move from driving coach to performance track analyst.