The tiny island nation has qualified a team in the men's four-man bobsled event for the first time since the Nagano Olympics in 1998
The team's results in international competition this season punched their ticket on Monday to be part of the field of 28 four-man teams.Instagram"It will be fire on ice as Team Jamaica 🇯🇲 secured their spot at the 2022 Beijing #WinterOlympics."
The four-man roster for Jamaica has not been announced yet, but the sled is expected to be piloted by Shanwayne Stephens, who has competed with push athletes Matthew Wekpe, Ashley Watson and Rolando Reid in every four-man race he participated in this season, according toThe original four-man Jamaican bobsled team famously trained with a slapped-together sled on a concrete track in preparation for the Calgary Games. The athletes had never even seen a bobsled before.
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