Jamaica's bobsleigh team bids to make history at the Winter Olympics 2022
Ashley Watson, who is studying at Sheffield Hallam University, wants to record Jamaica's highest-ever placing at a Winter Olympics
Sheffield Hallam University student Ashley Watson is part of the four-man bobsleigh team competing in Beijing. Jamaica made its debut at the 1988 Games in Calgary, Canada, having had very little practice on a bobsled track prior to the eventThe team, consisting of Devon Harris, Dudley Stokes, Michael White, and Nelson Stokes, crashed out of the event and carried their sled over the finish line, but captured the hearts of fans all over the world.Jamaica's four-man bobsleigh team last qualified for the Winter Olympics held in Nagano, Japan, in 1998, finishing in 21st.
He said they had been particularly practising the all-important start at a facility at the University of Bath.
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