by Neil fortier | Feb 4, 2026 | Media, News
This Jamaican Bobsled Team Is Looking for More Nearly 40 years after inspiring the classic Disney film, the Caribbean nation’s sliding program is eyeing an Olympic medal in the next decade, if not at Milan Cortina. Cratered by potholes, the road to the Jamaican parish...
by Neil fortier | Feb 4, 2026 | Media, News
Crew want their own Hollywood ending Chris Stokes, part of the 1988 team that inspired a film, is setting lofty goals as head of Jamaica’s bobsleigh federation It did not make so much as a ripple outside of its minor sporting niche, but something particularly unusual...
by Neil fortier | Feb 4, 2026 | Media, News
Team Jamaica surprised everyone a few days ago when it was confirmed that they had qualified in three sliding events for Milano Cortina 2026: women’s monobob, men’s two-man and four-man, which immediately reminded us of that historic participation of the Bobsleigh...
by Neil fortier | Feb 4, 2026 | Media, News
Mica Moore: Former Team GB bobsledder to represent Jamaica at Milano Cortina 2026 Moore represented Great Britain at PyeongChang 2018 before switching nationality to Jamaica – and is now ready to compete in the bobsleigh for the Island nation. Read...
by Neil fortier | Feb 2, 2026 | Media, News
“Feel the rhythm! Feel the rhyme!” More than three decades after the film “Cool Runnings” (1993) turned Jamaica’s bobsleigh team into a pop-culture symbol, the country is heading back to the Olympics — this time riding a sleigh loaned by Korea and carrying a résumé...
by Neil fortier | Feb 2, 2026 | Media, News
Shane Pitter: The Jamaican bobsleigh pilot chasing history at Milano Cortina 2026 The history-making Jamaican pilot compares fishing to bobsleigh, tips his cap to ‘Cool Runnings’ and outlines his goals for Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics in an...
