Sisters Kisha & Jen played the first gamble of "The Amazing Race 14," bargaining that the second flight out to Europe would actually be a better one because its subsequent train connection from Milan to Locarno would be quicker. The gamble didn't work, consigning the sisters to the lower half of the field for leg one.
It isn't clear whether the pair overthought the travel question or were simply unlucky. There was no good way to know when the train connections would arrive in Locarno so the choice of flight may just have been guesswork, not anyone's actual fault.
Further delays dropped Kisha and Jen briefly down to last place before slower couples Preston & Jennifer and Steve & Linda would battle against train delayed Christie & Jodi to avoid elimination.
The sisters' story largely went untold for most of the race as they battled in relative obscurity to finish in eighth place this time out. Just as for the other all-female teams, physicality wasn't really an issue here as both women are former collegiate athletes. Whether team unity will become an issue for the separated sisters awaits further evaluation on future legs.
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