Jamaican Bobsled - There is Hope

The Jamaican Bobsled team has not medaled at anyexceptional world class athletes. If they can use the
of the Olympics where it has competed. But, it maymagic on their own the bobsled team, the hope
be the most famous bobsled team in the world. Itsmight be fulfilled.
inspiring story became a Disney film, Cool Runnings.Jamaica is a place of magic. The beaches have
The team was developed in a nation of sprinters; thebeautiful sand that beckons people to the inclusive
theory was simple - great sprinters could becomeJamaica resorts. The magic the tourists feel is a
great bobsledders. Others in the world alsomajor portion of the Jamaican economy. This also is
considered this theory. The United States putthe economy that is helping support the Jamaican
together a team with National Football LeagueOlympic program. Thus, through the Jamaican tourism
players who had once been sprinters; remember aindustry, foreigners are helping to make the Jamaican
team featuring Willie Gault and Hershel Walker?Bobsled team better and hopeful to medal in Canada.
Although the Jamaican Bobsled team has failed toThe employees of the nation's tourism industry are
produce an Olympic medal, the Jamaican Trackamong those hoping the bobsled teams dream of
team's accomplishments in China this past summerearning a medal. Those working in the Ocho Rios
has to give their bobsledders hope.hotels look to their bobsledders as national heroes.
The hope for the 2010 Winter Olympics inThe people of Jamaica know that their bobsled team
Vancouver, British Columbia, is probably high for thefirst competed in the 1988 Winter Olympics which
people walking near a beach resort Negril. As statedwere coincidentally held in Canada, so they will be
earlier, Jamaica did extremely well in the 2008want the joy of the original team to inspire their 2010
Olympics in Beijing, China so perhaps the island'steam.
Olympic program has found the magic to produce