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minus-squareF/15/Cali@threads.net@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 days agoDidn’t they lose in an overwhelmingly life altering way?
minus-squareHootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·2 days agoThey had a bad crash yes. But they inspired everyone
minus-squareDacoTaco@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·2 days agoAnd irl, they succeeded in the next Olympics iirc
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·22 hours agoToo a few years, but here: Evolution The team returned to the Olympics at the 1992 Winter Olympic Games in Albertville, France, and finished 25th.[6][7] They qualified for the 1994 Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway. Critics were stunned when they finished in 14th place, ahead of the United States, Russia, Australia, and France.[8] At the 2000 World Push in Monaco, the team won the gold medal.[9] At the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, the 2-man team of Winston Watts (pilot) and Lascelles Brown (brakeman) set the Park City bobsled track record and the Olympic record for the push-start segment of the 2-man race at 4.78 seconds. Jamaica failed to qualify for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy, and the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada. The two-man bobsled team qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.[2]
Didn’t they lose in an overwhelmingly life altering way?
They had a bad crash yes. But they inspired everyone
And irl, they succeeded in the next Olympics iirc
Too a few years, but here:
The team returned to the Olympics at the 1992 Winter Olympic Games in Albertville, France, and finished 25th.[6][7] They qualified for the 1994 Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway. Critics were stunned when they finished in 14th place, ahead of the United States, Russia, Australia, and France.[8]
At the 2000 World Push in Monaco, the team won the gold medal.[9]
At the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, the 2-man team of Winston Watts (pilot) and Lascelles Brown (brakeman) set the Park City bobsled track record and the Olympic record for the push-start segment of the 2-man race at 4.78 seconds. Jamaica failed to qualify for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy, and the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada. The two-man bobsled team qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.[2]