Medals have been missing from the six Games - 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2014 - Jamaica has competed in. In 1994, however, at Lillehammer, Norway, Jamaica stunned the world by finishing 14th in ...

Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run. Photo by Nancie Battaglia. Before the Jamaican bobsled team made its world debut in 1988, its dream of Olympic glory began with a makeshift sled and an ...

The country's bobsledders have been a welcome sight at the Winter Games ever since the nation, known more for its tropical climate, beat the odds to qualify for the 1988 Calgary Olympics. The ...

Benjamin Alexander believes he can help carry on the tradition and legacy of Jamaica’s ballyhooed bobsleigh team ... four-man bobsled crew, competed and crashed, at Calgary 1988, only 14 ...

but the start is half the battle in bobsled, and good sprinters have a distinct advantage. Jamaica has plenty of those. In Calgary, the four-man Jamaican team crashed in its third run and did not ...

Red Stripe beer offered to help out the Jamaican women's bobsled team after its coach abruptly left the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea, with their bobsled. But why did the ...

He competed with his brother Dudley, who piloted the inaugural Jamaican bobsled team at the 1988 Games, albeit suffering a dramatic third run crash. The 58-year-old Jamaican PhD expressed thanks ...