<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (November 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (November 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Jamaican national bobsleigh team represents Jamaica in international bobsledding competitions . The team first gained fame during their debut in the 1988 Winter Olympic Games four - man bobsled in Calgary, Alberta, where they were seen as underdogs as they represented a tropical nation in a winter sport . The team returned to the Winter Olympics in the two - man bobsled in 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2014, and with a women's team for the first time in 2018 . The team either failed to qualify or did not have a team during the other Winter Olympics . </P> <P> The team, consisting of Devon Harris, Dudley Stokes, Michael White, Freddy Powell, and last minute replacement Chris Stokes, debuted at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta . The team was coached by Howard Siler, an Olympic bobsledder for the United States in 1972 and 1980 . They quickly became very popular, largely because of their status as the ultimate' underdog' story of the games . Alongside the novelty of a tropical country competing in a cold - weather sport, the team had very little experience going down a bobsled track, and borrowed spare sleds from other countries to compete . In a show of sporting camaraderie across national boundaries, other bobsledders were quick to give them guidance and support . They did not officially finish after losing control of the sled and crashing during one of their qualifiers . The movie Cool Runnings is loosely based on their experience at the 1988 games . </P>

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