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Flashback: The first tropical country at the Winter Olympics
« on: February 16, 2014, 07:15:54 AM »
The Jamaican national bobsleigh team represents Jamaica in international bobsledding competitions. The team first gained fame during their debut in the 1988 Winter Olympic Games in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, where they were seen as underdogs inasmuch as they represented a tropical nation in a winter sport.

The team returned to the Winter Olympics again in 1992, 1994, 1998, and 2002. The team failed to qualify for the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics. Led by driver Winston Watts, Jamaica qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics in the two-man. (wikipedia)

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Re: Flashback: The first tropical country at the Winter Olympics
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2014, 07:36:06 AM »
bobsled (or bobsleigh) - a mechanically steered and braked sled, typically manned by crews of two or four, used for racing down a steep ice-covered run with banked curves




a bobsleigh run

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Re: Flashback: The first tropical country at the Winter Olympics
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2014, 07:43:25 AM »
The team (consisting of Devon Harris, Dudley Stokes, Michael White, and last minute replacement Nelson Stokes) debuted at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta. There they quickly became a fan favorite largely because of their status position as the ultimate 'underdog' story of the games.


the original jamaica bobsleigh team, 1988 winter olympics, calgary

Not only was there the novelty of having a tropical country compete in a cold-weather sport, but they had very little practice going down a bobsled track before, and they borrowed spare sleds from other countries to compete. In a show of worldly brotherhood, other bobsledders were quick to give them guidance and support.


Jamaican bobsleigh team crash out in 1988

They did not officially finish after losing control of the sled and crashing during one of their four runs. However, they showed significant improvement throughout the games and impressed observers with some fast starts. (wikipedia)

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Re: Flashback: The first tropical country at the Winter Olympics
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2014, 07:47:38 AM »
This team was the inspiration for a major motion picture, Cool Runnings. The characters in the film are fictional, although the original footage of the crash is used during the film. The film's depiction of the post-crash rescue was changed to show the bobsledders carrying the sled over the line on their shoulders for dramatic effect. (wikipedia)


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Re: Flashback: The first tropical country at the Winter Olympics
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2014, 07:51:03 AM »
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The team returned to the Olympics in the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, but finished poorly. They qualified again for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. There, the Jamaican four sled stunned many of their critics by finishing in 14th place, ahead of the United States, Russia, Australia, France, and two sleds from Canada.(wikipedia)

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Re: Flashback: The first tropical country at the Winter Olympics
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2014, 07:53:25 AM »
In 2000, the Jamaican bobsleigh team won the gold medal at the World Push Championships in Monaco. At the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, the 2-man team of Winston Watts (pilot) and Lascelles Brown (brakeman), set the Park City bobsled track record and the Olympic record for the push-start segment of the 2-man race at 4.78 seconds. Jamaica failed to qualify for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, or the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. (wikipedia)

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Re: Flashback: The first tropical country at the Winter Olympics
« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2014, 07:53:50 AM »
After the 2002 Winter Olympics, Lascelles Brown moved to Calgary, Alberta, Canada, where he married his Canadian girlfriend and became a Canadian resident. In 2004, Brown joined the Canadian bobsled team. In 2006, at the Turin Winter Olympics, with his Canadian driver Pierre Lueders, Brown won the Olympic Silver Medal (second place) for the 2-man bobsled event. At the Vancouver Games in 2010, Brown again raced for Canada, and received an Olympic Bronze Medal, when his Canadian 4-man team finished in third place. (wikipedia)

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Re: Flashback: The first tropical country at the Winter Olympics
« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2014, 07:54:11 AM »
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Having qualified for the 2014 Sochi Olympics, but lacking funding, the cryptocurrency Dogecoin community raised on the team's behalf $30,000 of the approximately $40,000 required within two days. An additional $80,000 was raised in online donations through Crowdtilt before 21 January. As of 15:50, 21 January 2014 (UTC), the campaign had raised $121,160 far surpassing the target of only $80,000. (wikipedia)

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