In 1993 a movie of Disney, starring John Candycall Cool runnings (Chosen for the win), which was based on the true story of how a bobsleigh team was organized in warm Jamaica to compete in the 1988 Calgary Olympics. I remember the film with admiration and many smiles because although the situation was incredible, Jamaicans in the beach training with a cart to compete on the ice, it represented a lot of the olympic spirit: passion, effort, sacrifice, camaraderie and search for glory.
At 2014, in Sochi, Jamaica has returned to compete in bobsleigh, in something they have already called Cool runnings 2 and in which finally the Jamaican athletes Winston watts Y Marvin Dixon (the rasta rockets!), have been ranked last or penultimate to more than five seconds of the winning Russians. And that they had a great soundtrack and a best video to encourage them as you can see below in a recording of just over a minute long full of pixels In the style of video games of the 80s.
The team of bobsleigh of the two athletes he had to raise money to reach Russia, although in the end they had to stop donations because they had enough money, more than $ 100,000 with Usain Bolt's commitment included. Nor has their path in Sochi been easy because they lost part of their luggage during the trip.
In this video, a little bad quality although I have not found another, you can see the Jamaican Olympic team in their performance. It seems to me that they are formidable athletes and that they have been able to compete in conditions so different from those in their country has much merit. We remember that this discipline, although it is pure speed, is not the type of races that we are accustomed to during the summers with 100, 200 or 400 meters, in male and female categories and with huge successes for many years.
In the video of the 2014 competition you can see how despite the last ones they have a fault in a curve that almost crosses the sled, their participation can be said to have been fantastic. For those who want to see the Cool Runnings movie, I remind you that it has a most exciting and unforgettable ending. And it seems that someone is encouraging to prepare a second part ...
On the other hand it seems to me that this Jamaican action is a extraordinary advertising campaign for this country because they appear everywhere, even in a children's blog! with songs, choreographies, rhythms and images that encourage us to know this attractive Caribbean island.
