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Jamaican bobsled team qualified for Sochi
Posted on 1/18/14 at 7:42 pm
Posted on 1/18/14 at 7:42 pm
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The Jamaican bobsled team may be headed to another Olympics.
The catch: It needs a lot of money, and it needs it fast.
Olympic organizers said Saturday that Jamaica has qualified for the two-man competition at next month's Sochi Games, though it remains unclear if the fledgling squad will get a chance to race. Funding is a serious problem and sled driver Winston Watts told The Associated Press on Saturday that he's trying to raise as much as $80,000 in the next couple weeks to cover travel and equipment costs.
"Right now," Watts said, "we're at zero."
They are certainly among the world's most storied bobsled teams, and that has little to do with results. Jamaica first competed in Olympic bobsledding in 1988 at the Calgary Games, a story that inspired the "Cool Runnings" film. For a nation lacking bobsled tradition, or snowy winters, Jamaica has often fared quite well on the international circuits.
It's been 12 years since Jamaica has had a sled in the Olympics, with Watts finishing 28th at the Salt Lake City Games with Lascelles Brown — now a key part of Canada's national team. Brown won a medal at the 2010 Vancouver Games, one where the Jamaicans were hoping to compete but were again thwarted by funding issues.
Still, the 46-year-old Watts — who called himself "retired" from sliding for nearly a decade — has held on to hope of sliding again on the sport's biggest stage.
"We're pretty good," Watts said. "We're not there with the rest of the world, of course. But we if had some more sources for funding, we'd have a better chance."
Posted on 1/18/14 at 7:47 pm to carbola
Too bad the Olympics this year aren't in Colorado.
Posted on 1/18/14 at 7:51 pm to carbola
Dude is 46...Give him props.. I would donate $5 to the team...
Posted on 1/18/14 at 7:53 pm to CENLALSUFAN
Yeah, can we get a kick starter campaign for the Jamaican sled team? I bet a lot of people would pitch in a couple bucks.
Posted on 1/18/14 at 7:55 pm to southernelite
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Yeah, can we get a kick starter campaign for the Jamaican sled team? I bet a lot of people would pitch in a couple bucks.
I will make a "donation," if they mail weed. If they agree, I'm in.
Posted on 1/18/14 at 7:57 pm to Btrtigerfan
If they happen to find the money and make it, I will cheer for them
Posted on 1/18/14 at 8:17 pm to IonaTiger
Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme
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