Jamaica's bobsleigh team lead reveals he is training by pushing CAR

The leader of Jamaica's first four-man Olympic bobsled team for 24 years has revealed he is training for Beijing by pushing his partner's car around an industrial estate.

Shanwayne Stephens, a member of the team, is an RAF sniper and has been improvising his training using his girlfriend's Mini Cooper.

Stephens pushed the car around a deserted industrial estate in Peterborough – his home town since moving to England with his mum 20 years ago.

The Queen's Colour Squadron sniper based at RAF Northolt in West London, told the Mirror of his delight at making the Beijing games this winter.

He said: 'It's absolutely amazing. We were part of a team that missed out on Pyeongchang by one spot. So for us to qualify for Beijing after missing out four years ago is a doubly sweet moment.

'We are compared to Cool Runnings, and we can't get away from that, it's part of Jamaican bobsleigh and part of our culture.

The story behind the movie runs through the team today.'

Jamaica's bobsleigh team 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.

Confirming the news on Twitter, the Team Jamaica account paid