Party of One: Nations With a Single Athlete at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Published February 3, 2022The Winter Olympics have a long-and-storied tradition of surprise entrants, perhaps none more famous than the Jamaican bobsled team that spawned the veeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrry loosely-based movie"Cool Runnings" starring John Candy and Doug E. Doug.
But it's still an incredibly special honor to be the lone athlete representing a single nation at the Olympics despite the many paths they may take to get there., who will be the lone Jamaican not competing in bobsled.
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