Jamaica bobsled team chasing best-ever Olympics finish in 2-man competition originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Jamaican bobsled team always garners a bit of extra attention at the Winter Olympics.

The final two runs of the two-man bobsled event at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics take place on Tuesday, Feb. 17 at the Cortina Sliding Centre.

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Ami Nakai and Japanese teammate Kaori Sakamoto upstaged Alysa Liu and the rest of the “Blade Angels” from the U.S. to take the lead after the short program in the women’s figure skating competition at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Tuesday.

Lewis Hamilton has sent a heartfelt message to the Jamaican bobsleigh team on social media. The Jamaicans rose to fame at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, despite finishing outside the medal places.

De Silvestro has raced in six Indy 500s, starting in 2010, where she earned Rookie of the Year honors after a career-best 14th place finish in The Greatest Spectacle of Racing. Sh

Arkansas State track & field standout Menachem Chen is on the historic Israel bobsled team. He‘s a brakeman on the four-man bobsled squad, they finished 5th in the North American Cup on January 11th. The team earned an Olympic spot on January 22nd. Chen has also competed in two-man bobsled.

The Olympian and mother of two first made her Olympic debut in 2010 in Vancouver. Sixteen years later, she adds

Competitions at the Winter Olympics are defined by extremes: extreme air, extreme speed and extreme temperatures. On sliding tracks, athletes in luge, bobsleigh and skeleton break highway speed limits.