by Neil fortier | Mar 14, 2026 | News
The Jamaican bobsled team has fans all around the world, largely thanks to the 1993 movie Cool Runnings, which was loosely based on the national bobsled team’s debut at the 1988 Winter Olympics Nimroy Turgott and Shane Pitter, both members of the 2026...
by Neil fortier | Feb 20, 2026 | Media, News
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy – Chris Stokes, a founding member of Jamaica’s original “Cool Runnings” bobsleigh crew, recalls being mobbed by fans at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics the moment he put on the team jacket and left the athletes’ village to go into town....
by Neil fortier | Feb 18, 2026 | News
Jamaican sprinter-turned-bobsledder Tyquendo Tracey has said Lewis Hamilton would do “very well” if he swapped Formula 1 tracks for the ice of the Winter Olympics. Tracey is competing at the Milan-Cortina Games with the Jamaican four-man...
by Neil fortier | Feb 18, 2026 | News
Chris Stokes, a founding member of Jamaica’s first bobsled crew, recalls being mobbed by fans at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics the moment he put on the team jacket and left the Olympic Village to go into town. “That’s a rookie mistake which I...
by Neil fortier | Feb 17, 2026 | Media, News
Following in the footsteps of those who came before them, the Jamaican bobsleigh team is causing quite a chatter at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. If you’re a millennial who had an affinity for Disney classics throughout the 1990s and early...
by Neil fortier | Feb 16, 2026 | News
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s Mica Moore saved her best for last as she recorded 59.92 seconds in her fourth round run in the women’s monobob at the XXV Winter Olympics at the Eugenio Monti Sliding Center in Cortina d’Ampezzoin Milano...
