FOUR JAMAICANS AND BOBSLED

Admin · 1 FOUR JAMAICANS AND BOBSLED Sun 15 Nov 2009 - 11:10

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It had to be a joke, right?
That was naturally people's first response to the news that the Caribbean nation of Jamaica, best known for reggae and dreadlocks, was sending a bobsled team to the Olympics. The tropical island had never had a representative at the Winter Olympics before.
But despite their seemingly oxymoronic existence, the Jamaican bobsled team made its Olympic debut in 1988 at Calgary.
The eventual subjects of the 1993 Disney comedy, Cool Runnings, the Jamaicans were no joke. Although the inexperienced team finished in last place, they won the notice of the world when they proved irresistible to the throngs of media present at the Games.
The obviously heavy underdogs became crowd favorites and showed they were not a flash in the pan by making return appearances at the Winter Olympics. In fact, at Lillehammer in 1994, Jamaica's four-man sled finished in 14th place, ahead of both sleds from the United States.
At second glance, the idea of a Jamaican bobsled team is not completely crazy. Jamaica, after all, has a proud tradition of sprinters, and the four-man bobsled requires some swift feet to get off quickly in the all-important push start.

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2 Re: FOUR JAMAICANS AND BOBSLED Mon 16 Nov 2009 - 9:05

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I remember watching the movie years ago, it was funny but they went through lots of bullshit

3 Re: FOUR JAMAICANS AND BOBSLED Tue 24 Nov 2009 - 17:50

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yea i remember myself, im a jamaican the movie was good but dem boys overseas gave dem hell lol...the rasta head one was the funniest. Very Happy

4 Re: FOUR JAMAICANS AND BOBSLED Tue 24 Nov 2009 - 17:59

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The movie they stared in was a walt disney production name of the movie'cool runnings' Boy that was one hell of a movie the whole jamaica watched it. Can you believe it was fourteen years ago since that happen in the calgary olympics winter games? my greatest wish is for them to bring home a medal