I was asked yesterday in the comment section whether the Jamaican bobsled team will be making an appearance in the Turin Olympics. This is a really difficult question to answer. Half the sites I consulted said that Jamaica will have two bobsled teams in the Turin Olympics– a 2 man team and a 4 man team. Other sites say they failed to qualify. The official Turin site did nothing to clear up my confusion. The Jamaican bobsledders are listed. But when you look up bobsleigh, Jamaica is not listed as one of the competing teams. After looking up the World Cup points, I think it is highly unlikely that they qualified, but don’t be surprised if I’m mistaken.
Whether Jamaica competes, or not, there are other unlikely countries to field Winter Olympians. Other warm countries with representatives in the Turin Olympics include Algeria, Bermuda, Costa Rica, Greece, Honduras, India, Iran, Kenya, Lebanon, Senegal, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United States Virgin Islands.