From a sports psychology standpoint, Jamaica’s Winter Olympians confront a unique mental landscape. They train across continents. They adapt to unfamiliar climates. They manage funding pressures, travel fatigue, and the quiet scepticism that still lingers whenever a tropical nation lines up in a winter sport.
Jamaica bobsled team chasing best-ever Olympics finish in 2-man competition originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Jamaican bobsled team always garners a bit of extra attention at the Winter Olympics.
The Jamaican bobsled team is grabbing the spotlight at the 2026 Winter Olympics, with their athletes competing in multiple events.
Henri Rivers IV is the first of the Rivers triplets to represent Jamaica in Alpine skiing in the Olympics — so far.
Jamaica's iconic bobsleigh team — which inspired the hit film Cool Runnings — will make its tenth Winter Olympics appearance at Milano Cortina 2026.View on euronews
THE bobsleigh team has received majority of the attention in Jamaica’s build-up to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy, however young Henri Rivers IV will make history for the island in Alpine skiing — and he’s being viewed as the standard-bearer in the event.
Bobsleigh athlete from Gwent has made history on the world stage, earning Jamaica's best-ever finish in the monobob at the Winter Olympic Games
There have now been 25 iterations of the Winter Olympics after competition began in France in 1924. Countless moments have been ingrained in Olympic history. But which stand out above the rest?
It’s "Cool Runnings" revisited, as Jamaica's bobsledders return to a second consecutive Olympics. They have their eye on the podium.
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