Feel the rhythm and feel the rhymeafter a 24-year absence, Cool Runnings is back at the Olympics.<\/p>\n
On Saturday in Beijing, Jamaica competed in the four-man bobsled for the first time since the 1998 Nagano Games, and to plenty of fanfare.<\/p>\n
The team's performance drew comparisons on social media to Jamaica's Cool Runnings team from the 1988 Calgary Games, which was immortalized by the Disney film of the same name.<\/p>\n
Click here to watch both of Jamaica's heats in the four-man bobsled.<\/p>\n
Piloted byShanwayne Stephens, who also competed in the two-man event last week, Jamaica ranked last after the first two heats, finishing more than five seconds behind first-place Germany with times of1:00:80 and 1:01.39.<\/p>\n
Stephens's teammates include a rugby player for the Jamaican national team, a one-time HBCU track star and a former member of the Great Britain bobsled program.<\/p>\n
However, Stephens said earlier this week that the nation's return to the even meant a lot more than just the final result.<\/p>\n
I think it's everybody's dream to represent their country and we're here doing it, living it and breathing it, Stephens told ESPN after the two-man event. \"We just hope that we've done everybody proud.<\/p>\n
I mean, there's a lot of people supporting us. There's Jamaican, non-Jamaican, everybody that loves Cool Runnings is supporting us. Just represent Jamaica and enjoy it while we're here. Not everybody gets this opportunity, so we just want to enjoy it.<\/p>\n
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