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01-18-2017, 03:42 AM
30 years after the real 'Cool Runnings,' Jamaican bobsled teamcrowdfunds for a coach
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It'd be quite a story, that's for sure.*
Jamaica could win its first-ever medal in bobsled next year at the 2018 Winter Olympics (http://mashable.com/category/olympics/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) in South Korea — exactly 30 years after the Caribbean island nation improbably debuted in the sport at the 1988 Olympics, a tale later immortalized in the Hollywood classic Cool Runnings.*
But there's just one problem: The Jamaican bobsled team needs a coach, and it has ** money to hire one.*
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"Most of the time we just manage each other and try to hold each other accountable as much as possible," team member Jazmine Fenlator told Mashable by phone Tuesday. "But it's a lot simpler mentally and physically to have someone as a mentor and authoritative figure to keep you motivated as well."* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/01/17/jamaican-bobsled-team-coach/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Jamaica could win its first-ever medal in bobsled next year at the 2018 Winter Olympics (http://mashable.com/category/olympics/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) in South Korea — exactly 30 years after the Caribbean island nation improbably debuted in the sport at the 1988 Olympics, a tale later immortalized in the Hollywood classic Cool Runnings.*
But there's just one problem: The Jamaican bobsled team needs a coach, and it has ** money to hire one.*
SEE ALSO: The San Diego, er, Los Angeles Chargers epitomize the rotten scam that is pro sports (http://mashable.com/2017/01/12/los-angeles-chargers/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
"Most of the time we just manage each other and try to hold each other accountable as much as possible," team member Jazmine Fenlator told Mashable by phone Tuesday. "But it's a lot simpler mentally and physically to have someone as a mentor and authoritative figure to keep you motivated as well."* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/01/17/jamaican-bobsled-team-coach/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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