Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme, get on up, it's bobsled time.
Well actually, this time around at Vancouver 2010, there will be no memorable appearance by the Jamaican bobsled team. The preliminary list of national bobsled teams that will compete in the Vancouver Olympic Games did not include Jamaica when it was released.
During the last winter Olympics on Canadian soil, the Jamaican bobsled team gained noteriety by qualifying and competing in the Calgary 1988 Olympics.
Inspired by their appearance at the Calgary Games, the movie "Cool Runnings" was created. As one of the best sports movies in decades, "Cool Runnings" became a cult classic and continues to inspire fans from across the globe to cheer for the Jamaican bobsled team.
Jamaica, a tropical country not known for winter sports, has never been a factor at the Winter Olympics, but has produced an unnatural number of world class sprinters and athletes in summer sports, including the legendary Usain Bolt.
It would have been nice to hear some reggae music at this year's Olympic Games, but I guess we will have to wait for the 2014 Games in Sochi to see if the Jamaican bobsled team can again win the hearts of sports fans.
Until then, I leave you with the famous words of John Candy, who played Irv, the coach of the Jamaican bobsled team in "Cool Runnings:"
Our Father, who art in Calgary, Bobsled be thy name. Thy kingdom come, gold medals won, on Earth as it is in Turn Seven. With Liberty and Justice for Jamaica and Hail Selassie. Amen.
See you in 2014 Jamaica.
Let the games begin.
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