Jamaica bobsled team chasing best-ever Olympics finish in 2-man competition originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Jamaican bobsled team always garners a bit of extra attention at the Winter Olympics.

Nearly four decades after the Jamaican bobsled team first competed in the Winter Olympics, they seek to set a new standard for their country in the sport.

Jamaica's famous Olympic bobsled team is back in 2026.

From hurricane-scarred shores to snow-swept Olympic tracks, Jamaica’s bobsled team is proving that resilience (not conditions) define how far a nation can fly.

THE bobsleigh team has received majority of the attention in Jamaica’s build-up to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy, however young Henri Rivers IV will make history for the island in Alpine skiing — and he’s being viewed as the standard-bearer in the event.

It’s "Cool Runnings" revisited, as Jamaica's bobsledders return to a second consecutive Olympics. They have their eye on the podium.

Norway are the most consistent Winter Olympic medal winners because they emphasise early participation over winning and losing, while Jamaica’s original ‘Cool Runnings’ bobsledder Chris Stokes wants the current generation to write their own history.

There have now been 25 iterations of the Winter Olympics after competition began in France in 1924. Countless moments have been ingrained in Olympic history. But which stand out above the rest?

Bobsled teams from Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica are hopeful they can lean on their rich sprinting culture and move closer to the European powers in the sport.

Jamaica's iconic bobsleigh team — which inspired the hit film Cool Runnings — will make its tenth Winter Olympics appearance at Milano Cortina 2026. View on euronews