Jamaican sledders win gold for popularity

Posted: 1:00 AM CST Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014

SOCHI, Russia -- The Jamaican bobsled team won't reach the podium here unless nearly everyone else gets lost on the way to the track today.

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SOCHI, Russia -- The Jamaican bobsled team won't reach the podium here unless nearly everyone else gets lost on the way to the track today.

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SOCHI, Russia — The Jamaican bobsled team won’t reach the podium here unless nearly everyone else gets lost on the way to the track today.

But if there were a competition for the most popular team in the Caucasus Mountains, they’d be a lock for gold.

Making their first Olympic appearance since 2002, the Jamaican bobsled team has enjoyed rock-star status for the past fortnight. Giddy volunteers clap when they walk by, reporters line up for interviews and fellow Olympians are constantly asking them to pose for pictures.

The team’s popularity largely stems from Cool Runnings, the 1993 movie loosely based on the Jamaica’s 1988 Olympic bobsled team.

— Chicago Tribune