The Jamaican bobsled team

Any discussion of last-place finishers at the Olympics, particularly at the Winter Olympics, would not be complete without at least mentioning Jamaica’s bobsled team, which drew worldwide attention at the Calgary Games in 1988. … It’s claimed that Jamaica’s strength in the sprinting events in the summer events translates well to bobsledding, where a quick start means a lot. … Jamaica isn’t at the Torino Games; their bobsled team failed to qualify for the Olympics for the first time since they started.