Jamaica's bobsleigh team have qualified for the Beijing Winter Olympics next month - making it the first time in 24 years the country's four-man team will participate.
The much-anticipated games will mark the first time that Jamaica has qualified for three different bobsleigh events, securing their place in the four-man, two-man sled and women’s monobob categories.
Their four-man team took the final spot in the 28-sled field in qualification, which is the first time since 1998 that the event will have Jamaican representation in the category.
However, they missed out on a two-woman place after losing a tiebreaker - but could still make it to China as first alternate if one of the qualified nations give up a spot.
Jamaica's bobsleigh team have qualified for the Beijing Winter Olympics next month - making it the first time in 24 years the country's four-man team will participate
The much-anticipated games will mark the first time that Jamaica has qualified for three different bobsleigh events, securing their place in the four-man, two-man sled and women’s monobob categories
The last time Jamaica had a four-man sled was at the 1998 Nagano Games, which they failed to finish and provided the storyline for the 1993 Disney film Cool Runnings (pictured)
Confirming the news on Twitter, the Team Jamaica account paid homage to the 1993 Disney film Cool Runnings - which was inspired by the country's Olympic debut at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games - with the quote 'It will be fire on ice'.
The account wrote: 'Jamaica, we have a bobsled team heading to Beijing!
'It will be fire on ice as #TeamJamaica secured their spot at the 2022 Beijing #WinterOlympics.
'This will be the first time Jamaica has qualified in three Olympic bobsled events. These events are the four-man, two-man and women's monobob.'
This comes as Beijing 2022 confirmed there will be no general sale of tickets due to concerns over Covid.
Confirming the news on Twitter, the Team Jamaica account paid homage to the 1993 Disney film Cool Runnings - which was inspired by the country's
