NAME OF FEATURE | THE GLEANER | SUNDAY, JULY 31, 2022 58 INDEPENDENCE SPECIAL: JAMAICA @ 60 AND B YOND F ATURE | THE GLEANER | SUNDAY, JULY 31, 2022 jamaica at UNIQUELY JAMAICAN LIKKLE BUT TALLAWAH! SPORTING ICONS Published February 22, 1988 JAMAICA’S TEAM did its fastest time, 29.4 seconds, in the two-man bobsled event at the Calgary winter games yesterday. The team’s efforts, which placed them in 16th position after the completion of three heats, were undermined by a Russian protest which forced the abandonment of the final two heats. Protesting track conditions, Soviet team officials had demanded that the competition be decided on the basis of Saturday’s two runs, which would have given the Soviet Union’s top competitor the gold medal. Instead, the race jury rescheduled the two final heats for today, when temperatures were expected to dip below freezing. The 1,512 metre (4,838 foot) track’s refrigeration unit struggled to offset temperatures near 10 degrees centigrade at the start of the race. The course was covered by wind-blown sand in many spots. Thirty-one of 41 teams had already completed their heats when the Russian protest came. Before then, Jamaica’s team of driver Dudley Strokes Jr and pusher Michael White were in great form. They out-pushed both the United States and West German teams, in the process registering the under one minute clocking. JAMAICA’S BOBSLED TEAMDOES ITS FASTEST TIME The Jamaican bobsled teamwhich left Jamaica on February 8, 1988 to compete in the Winter Olympics, which was held in Calgary, Canada, from February 13 to 28, 1988. Waving to friends and well-wishers at the Norman Manley International Airport (from left) are Caswell Allen, Dudley Stokes Jr (captain), Frederick Powell, Michael Whyte, George Fitch, Chief-de-Mission Pat Brown (coach), and Devon Harris. THE GLEANER ARCHIVES
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