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I<\/span>t did not make so much as a ripple outside its minor sporting niche, but something particularly unusual occurred in the bobsleigh world earlier this year. Upon turning up in the New York outpost of Lake Placid for their final Winter Olympics<\/a> warm-up competition, Jamaica\u2019s four-man bobsleigh team were informed they were not allowed to take part. A hat-trick of gold medals over the preceding few weeks had seen them rise too high in the world rankings to take their customary place on the second-tier North American Cup circuit. They had simply become too good.<\/p>\n

In the overwhelming majority of\u00a0countries, the Winter Olympics is\u00a0an assortment of sporting oddities held in an alternative climate that might pique attention every four years. Rarely does it break through to the mainstream, which is what makes Jamaican bobsleigh such a curious exception.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no meeting that I cannot get, and no conversation that somebody is [not] at least willing to have with me,\u201d says Jamaica Bobsleigh Federation president Chris Stokes. \u201cNot because they know me, and not because they know bobsleigh. But because they know Cool Runnings.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/svg><\/span>The Jamaican bobsleigh team who first gained fame at the 1988 Winter Olympic Games: Devon Harris, Dudley Stokes, Michael White, Freddy Powell and last-minute replacement Chris Stokes photographed in Kingston, Jamaica in May 1991.<\/span> Photograph: Paul Harris\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When Stokes arrived in the Canadian city of Calgary in February 1988, his sole intention was to watch his brother Dudley drive Jamaica\u2019s four-man bobsleigh on their country\u2019s Winter Olympic debut. Unexpectedly drafted into Dudley\u2019s sled after injury struck one of the other team members, Stokes found a love for the sport that remains strong almost four decades later.<\/p>\n

He would also go on to become immortalised on the big screen, albeit with a hefty dose of artistic licence. It is 33 years since the release of the Disney film based on Jamaica\u2019s extraordinary 1988 bobsleigh exploits, but awareness of Cool Runnings<\/a> \u2013 and particular soundbites: \u201cFeel the rhythm! Feel the rhyme! Get on up, it\u2019s bobsled time!\u201d \u2013 still greatly eclipses that of the sport it briefly took to Hollywood.<\/p>\n

<\/svg><\/span>The famous bath scene from Cool Runnings (left) and John Candy pushes the sled (right).<\/span> Composite: Cinetext Collection\/Sportsphoto\/Allstar; Maximum Film\/Alamy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIs it a documentary? No. Is it\u00a0historical? No. But it\u2019s entertaining, inspirational and it has stood the test of time,\u201d says Stokes. \u201cPeople draw strength from it. It has changed people\u2019s lives, opened doors, and it is certainly a massive asset we have that we continue to leverage. The only circumstance I see surpassing it is making the Olympic podium.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even entertaining such a possibility is, admits Stokes, \u201cinsane\u201d. Yet that is his precise aim \u2013 one that appears closer than ever before. Having competed at four Winter Games and served in various national federation roles over the years, Stokes took up the presidency in 2017 on the basis that it would no longer suffice to be \u201can inspirational face of bobsleigh, but not really competitive on the ice. We want to win.\u201d<\/p>\n

Travel limitations of the Covid pandemic dashed any hopes of improvement for the 2022 Winter Olympics, after which Stokes introduced a 10-year strategy with a view to Jamaica winning a\u00a0bobsleigh medal at the 2034 Games. Central to it was the introduction of the \u201cBack to the Well\u201d programme, focusing on harnessing the athletic talent pool within Jamaica. \u201cBecause I believe we have the best athletes in the world,\u201d explains Stokes.<\/p>\n

<\/svg><\/span>Jamaica\u2019s Shanwayne Stephens, Ashley Watson, Rolando Reid and Matthew Wekpe in action during the four-man bobsleigh heats in Beijing, where they went out after their third run.<\/span> Photograph: Thomas Peter\/Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Subsequent converts include the former Jamaica 100m champion Tyquendo Tracey and reigning national 200m champion Ashanti Moore, while Shane Pitter has gone from a fisherman to what Stokes describes as \u201cthe most talented young pilot I\u2019ve ever seen\u201d in the space of three years.<\/p>\n

Pitter will drive the two-man and four-man sleds at the Milano Cortina Games, while the former Team GB bobsleigh athlete Mica Moore will represent Jamaica in the monobob. Aiding Pitter is Team GB\u2019s 2014 Olympic bronze medallist, Joel Fearon, who came on board as a performance coach at the start of this winter and has ended up pushing in both sleds.<\/p>\n

<\/svg><\/span>Former fisherman Shane Pitter (far left) and his Jamaica bobsleigh teammates Andrae Dacres, Junior Harris and Tyquendo Tracey.<\/span> Photograph: Junior Harris<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t plan to come out of retirement, but there\u2019s still a bit of life left in me,\u201d said the 37-year-old, who stepped back from bobsleigh after his sister, Natasha Morais, was murdered in 2023. \u201cBoth my parents are Jamaican, so I\u2019m pushing and coaching the guys at the same time. It\u2019s been busy. I\u2019ve had my hands full. But the athletes are so talented and hungry, which makes the job much easier.\u201d<\/p>\n

The season has already yielded\u00a0eight gold medals across all Jamaica sleds in the North American Cup, which sits beneath\u00a0the top-level World Cup. That tally is more than ever, but acceptance of Jamaica\u2019s success has not been universal. \u201cWe want people to show us a bit more respect,\u201d says Fearon.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSome other teams, staff and officials have been treating us like\u00a0we\u2019re a bit stupid and don\u2019t know what\u2019s going on, not realising\u00a0that I\u2019m already an Olympic medallist. Almost as if we\u00a0didn\u2019t belong. It was hurtful, and made the team angry. I had to be on my best behaviour to not get myself in any trouble, because on\u00a0the GB team it\u2019s something I would never experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome people might not think so, but we\u2019re going to make ourselves fit and make ourselves belong,\u201d adds Fearon, who has a 100m personal best of 9.96\u00a0seconds, set in 2016. \u201cWe\u2019re looking to show people that we\u2019re here to stay. It\u2019s not just a gimmick.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/svg><\/span>Former British bobsleigh athlete Mica Moore will represent Jamaica in the monobob.<\/span> Photograph: Russell Cheyne\/Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Achieving their lofty ambitions by 2034 is no easy task. Still in his\u00a0infancy as a pilot, Pitter has never been down most European tracks, including the one in Cortina,\u00a0leaving Fearon to suggest a\u00a0top-12 finish might be a realistic aim this time around.<\/p>\n

Jamaica possesses no proper bobsleigh training facilities, with the team based in New York for much of the winter when not competing. Funding is a permanent concern. The federation receives no money from the Jamaica Olympic Association, with the overwhelming majority of income generated from private sponsorship and public fundraising.<\/p>\n

Jamaica\u2019s four-man sled for Cortina is a South Korea cast\u2011off that won silver at the 2018 Games, while the two-man sled used to belong to Team USA. Such financial impediments will almost certainly need to be overcome to challenge the likes of the indomitable Germans in the long term. But Stokes is adamant hurdles can be overcome.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the things you learn growing up in Jamaica is having money is an illusion,\u201d he says. \u201cI remember seeing Usain Bolt train on a grass track at the University of the West Indies and then break the world record. After that, the money rolled in, but he was already good.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always an error to think that if you have more money things will get better. It is far more important to be resourceful than to have resources. We\u2019re trying to do something great, and you can\u2019t do that with a normal mindset or attitude. You have to be extraordinary in every regard.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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