Jamaica inspires: "Try something new, have some fun with it."

Team Jamaica may have finished last in both men's bobsleigh events but they succeeded in what they set out to do, says driver Shanwayne Stephens.

They finished 30th in the two-man bobsleigh and 28th in the four-man at Beijing 2022, 34 years after Jamaica's bobsleigh pioneers competed at Calgary 1988.

That in turn inspired 'Cool Runnings', the Hollywood film loosely based on their journey and whose legacy lives on today.

Stephens, who piloted both the two-man and four-man bobsleigh, told Olympics.com, "A big part of us being here is just to show people that you can achieve anything that you want to achieve if you just put your mind to it and go out there and do it.

"Winning a medal isn't there for us, not yet, not right now, but that doesn't mean it's not going to be.

"Our plan is to build on this programme moving forward, getting more and more Jamaican athletes involved in the sport." - Jamaica pilot Shanwayne Stephens

Stephens competed in the two-man bobsleigh with former sprinter Nimroy Turgott and the pair employed some novel training drills during the Covid-19 pandemic.

With no access to gyms during lockdown, they pushed Stephens' fiance's Mini around the streets of Peterborough as well as building weights equipment in his back garden.

Other crew members made big changes too with Rolando Reid quitting his job as a teacher and Ashley Watson, a qualified sports therapist and physio, shutting his business down.

Given their travails before they reached China, Stephens believes their performances at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre provide a framework for further development.

“If we can qualify for this Games having met for the first time in September last year, imagine what we can do the next four years with a proper