SLED TEAM. DYLAN CAUGHT UP WITH THREE OF
THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS. ITS COLD IN PYEONGCHANG.
>> YOU REMEMBER THE MOVIE "COOL
RUNNINGS" ABOUT THE BOBSLED
TEAM.
ITS BASED ON A TRUE STORY ABOUT
ATHLETES FROM JAMAICA, WHO
AGAINST ALL ODDS QUALIFIED FOR
THE 1988 WINTER GAMES IN CALGARY. WINTER GAMES IN
CALGARY.
AND FROM THERE, BECAME WORLDWIDE
SENSATIONS.
FROM ITS BEACHES TO ITS STREETS AND MARKETS, IN JAMAICA, ITEETS
AND MARKETS, IN JAMAICA, IT FEELS LIKE SUMMER YEAR-ROUND.
WINTER OLYMPICS WERENT
SOMETHING THAT JAMAICA COMPETED
IN.
ITS HOT HERE.
THATS WHAT MAKES THIS SUCH A REMARKABLE JOURNEY.IS SUCH A
REMARKABLE JOURNEY. HOW FAMILIAR WERE YOU WITH
BOBSLEDDING BEFORE YOU SIGNED UP?SLEDDING BEFORE YOU SIGNED
UP?
>> NO IDEA.
I KNEW IT WAS A WINTER SPORT. I KNEW IT WAS FAST AND SPORT.
I KNEW IT WAS FAST AND DANGEROUS.
DANGEROUS.
THAT WAS IT. >> Reporter: DEVON HARRIS,
MICHAEL WHITE, AND CHRIS STOKES,
ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF THE
LEGENDARY BOBSLED TEAM.
>> WE WOULD PUSH THIS SLED UP
AND DOWN THIS CONCRETE STRIP.
>> Reporter: RIGHT HERE.
REWIND TO 1987, WHEN TWO
AMERICANS SAW PUSH CARTS IN A
DERBY.
DERBY.
IT REMINDED THEM OF A BOBSLED.
IS IT TRUE THERE WAS A POSTING LOOKING FOR BOBSLEDDERS?OSTING
LOOKING FOR BOBSLEDDERS? AND I SAID TO MYSELF, NOBODY
COULD GET ME TO GO ON ONE OF
THOSE THINGS.
THOSE THINGS.
THATS CRAZY. >> Reporter: MAYBE CRAZY.
CERTAINLY CLEVER.
CERTAINLY CLEVER. A SMALL TEAM OF STRONG, SPEEDY
MEN WAS FORMED.
AND AN OLYMPIC DREAM WAS FORMED.
THERE WASNT ICE.
BUT THERE WAS PLENTY OF GRASS
AND PLENTY OF SPIRIT.
SO, RIGHT HERE AT THE JAMAICAN
DEFENSE FORCE, TRAINING BEGAN ON
A DEVICE MUCH LIKE THIS.
YOURE RUNNING AS FASTH AS YOU
CAN GO DOWNHILL ON ICE?
>> YES.
>> YES. >> Reporter: THEY PRACTICED FOR
MONTHS.
MONTHS. INCREDIBLY, THEY QUALIFIED FOR
THE 1988 CALGARY GAMES AND
HEADED NORTH TO CANADA.
DID YOU HAVE A SLED WHEN YOU GOT
THERE?
THERE?
>> NO. >> Reporter: A STORY SO
SEEMINGLY PREPOSTEROUS, IT
INSPIRED "COOL RUNNINGS," A
CLASSIC STARRING JOHN CANDY.
>> THIS IS A BOBSLED, SORT OF.
>> Reporter: IT DIDNT HAPPEN
LIKE THE MOVIE.
BUT THESE GUYS SAY THE REAL
STORY IS MORE UNBELIEVABLE.
>> IT WAS THE SECOND WEEK OF THE
OLYMPICS.
OLYMPICS.
WE GO, HEY. WE SHOULD ENTER TO WIN A MEDAL.
>> Reporter: THE JAMAICANS HAS
COMPETED.
COMPETED.
AND THE LOVABLE UNDERDOGS HAD BECOME HUGELY POPULAR.OGS HAD
BECOME HUGELY POPULAR. THEIR TEAM SHIRTS WAS A HOT
ITEM.
ITEM.
AND THE ANTHEM WAS HOTTER.
>> FOR THE OLYMPICS TO WORK, TO
REALLY COMPETE.
>> Reporter: THEY WERE EAGER TO
COMPETE WITH THE FOUR-MAN SLED.
THEY WERE SHORT BY ONE MEMBER.
IN A LAST-MINUTE SCRAMBLE, THE
GUYS RECRUITED CHRIS STOKES, THE
TEAM MEMBER OF DUDLEY STOKES. >> WE KNEW EVERYTHING ABOUTS.
>> WE KNEW EVERYTHING ABOUT PUSHING IT.
PUSHING IT. WE DIDNT KNOW THAT MUCH.
WE ONLY HAD THREE DAYS.
>> Reporter: ON THE THIRD RUN IN
COMPETITION, THE TEAM STARTED
OFF WITH TREMENDOUS SPEED.
THEN, DUDLEY STOKES LOST CONTROL
OF THE SLED.
THEY WENT SPINNING, CRASHING ON
THE TRACK AT ROUGHLY 85 MILES
PER HOUR, A SHOCKING BLOW.
WHAT WAS THAT CRASH LIKE?
>> VIOLENT HIT.
>> Reporter: THE GUYS KNEW THEY
WERE DISQUALIFIED.
WERE DISQUALIFIED. BUT REFUSING TO THROW IN THE
TOWEL, THEY GOT OUT OF THE SLED.
>> I WAS IN FRONT, WALKING UP.
AND I HEARD THIS CHEERING.
>> Reporter: WITH THE WHOLE
WORLD WATCHING, THEY WALKED
SLOWLY AND DELIBERATELY, ALL THE
WAY TO THE FINISH LINE.
>> THAT WAS THE LOWEST POINT OF
THE EXPERIENCE, AT THAT MOMENT.
AND THEY LIFTED US UP.
>> Reporter: THAT CRASH MADE
HISTORY.
HISTORY.
AND IT PAVED THE WAY FOR THE
TEAMS FUTURE.
>> IF WE HAD NOT CRASHED, THERE WOULD NOT BE A "COOL RUNNINGS"E
WOULD NOT BE A "COOL RUNNINGS" AND THERE WOULD NOT BE A JAMAICA
BAB SLED
BAB SLED BOBSLED TEAM TODAY.
>> Reporter: ALL OF THEM
COMPETED IN FUTURE OLYMPICS.
>> JAMAICA HAS NOT WON A MEDAL
YET.
YET.
>> Reporter: AND THE ORIGINAL
MEMBERS OF THE BOBSLED TEAM, ALL IN THEIR 50s, ARE ACTIVELYM, ALL
IN THEIR 50s, ARE ACTIVELY INVOLVED TODAY IN BOBSLED TEAMS,
HELPING TO RAISE MONEY,
AWARENESS AND SUPPORT FOR THE
NEXT GENERATION OF OLYMPIANS.
>> JAMAICA BOBSLED IS ABOUT
OVERCOMING INCREDIBLE ODDS.
>> WHAT THEY SEE IN US IS
THEMSELVES.
THEMSELVES.
THEY CAN DO THAT, WE CAN DO
THAT.
>> YES. >> Reporter: NOW, ITS
INCREDIBLE THAT ITS BEEN 30
YEARS SINCE THE JAMAICANS MADE
THEIR DEBUT AT THE WINTER
OLYMPICS.
OLYMPICS.
AND THERES A GOOD REASON WHY DUDLEY, THE FOURTH MEMBER OF THE
ORNG
ORNG
ORIGINAL TEAM WASNT AT OUR
INTERVIEW.
HES ONCE AGAIN MAKING OLYMPIC
HISTORY.
HES WORKING WITH THE JAMAICAN WOMENS BOBSLED TEAM. JAMAICAN
WOMENS BOBSLED TEAM. THEYRE MAKING THEIR DEBUT RIGHT
HERE IN PYEONGCHANG.