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Jamaican bobsled team ready for Sochi Olympics – dream of having Usain Bolt on board
Two-man Jamaican bobsled team. PHOTO/Peter Andrews/Reuters
Jamaica’s Olympic bobsled team on Thursday pleaded with their adoring fans to stop sending money to fund their Sochi Olympic bid while also dreaming of converting Usain Bolt from sprint to snow.
Pilot Winston Watts admitted that the Internet campaign to fund their trip had been such a success that he and brakeman Marvin Dixon feared they would be damned as greedy opportunists if they didn’t call a halt.
“The donations were just coming on and on. We had to stop them. We’ve called a press conference to do it,” said Watts after almost US$80,000 poured into the Jamaican team’s coffers.
“We just didn’t want them to think that we’re greedy people.”
Watts said that despite being the Sochi Olympic Games underdogs, his country had the world’s fastest guy and he was dreaming of having Bolt on his team some day in the future.
“We are underdogs here,” he said. “But we Jamaicans have the fastest guy in the world – Usain Bolt.
“He (Bolt) is with us all the time, he’s standing behind us just like the rest of the world is standing behind us. He could be a very good pusher but there’s one thing about him – he doesn’t like cold.
