By Mark Staniforth, PA Sport, Salt Lake City

Prince Albert of Monaco overturned his four-man bobsleigh at the Winter Games, but walked away unharmed.

Albert, taking part in his fifth Olympics and at 43 the oldest driver in the competition, went too high into a turn during his third run and tipped the bob.

It slid down towards the finish line on its side and when it finally drew to a halt all four team members clambered out and walked down the remainder of the track, shaking hands with well-wishers.

It was the second four-man bob to tip in less than two days, with a similar fate befalling the New Zealand team on Friday, and evoked memories of the Jamaican team which crashed in 1988 and whose exploits were relaid in the hit film 'Cool Runnings'.

Albert's highest finish in the Games is 24th on his debut in the two-man competition with partner Gilbert Bessi.

The son of Princess Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier, Albert, who races under the name Albert Grimaldi, is a well-known thrill-seeker who has participated in 17 sports, including the Paris-Dakar rally.

Britain's two teams were ranked 11th and 12th with half of the third run complete.

South Korea's protest over the result of the men's 1500metres short-track speedskating failed when the Court of Arbitration for sport threw out their appeal.

The Koreans were attempting to get a second gold medal awarded to their skater Kim Dong-Sung, who crossed the line first but was disqualified for allegedly impeding American Apolo Anton Ohno, who was promoted to gold.

The Koreans followed an earlier example set by the Russians and threatened to boycott the Games' closing ceremony unless there was an immediate inquiry.

The CAS, headed by London barrister Peter Leaver, found that decisions made by judges, referees, umpires and other officials cannot be reviewed by the panel unless they are made in bad faith - for example as a consequence of corruption.

Meanwhile, Germany-II ended the United States' hopes of a one-two in the four-man bobsleigh event at Utah Olympic Park.

The USA-I bob, piloted by Todd Hays, finished .30 seconds behind the German machine of Andre Lange and right behind in third place was USA-II, driven by Brian Shimer.

It was the third straight gold medal in this event for Germany, who now look like finishing in first place in the overall medal count for the Salt Lake City Games.

GB-I and GB-II finished 11th and 14th respectively.