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Did the film Cool Runnings inspire Jamacans to take up sprinting?

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Post by Soldier_Of_Fortune Thu 15 Sep 2011, 12:11 pm

Hence why they have had some much success over the last few years.

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Post by Liam_Main Thu 15 Sep 2011, 12:13 pm

Cool Runnings was about a bobsleigh team, why would it convince Jamaicans to take up sprinting?
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Post by Soldier_Of_Fortune Thu 15 Sep 2011, 12:25 pm

Because they were intially sprinters

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Post by Soldier_Of_Fortune Thu 15 Sep 2011, 12:28 pm

Because they were intially sprinters

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Post by Thomond Thu 15 Sep 2011, 1:05 pm

"Jamaica we have a boblseigh team" Jamaica have always had a history of sprinters though.

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Post by The Galveston Giant Thu 15 Sep 2011, 6:49 pm

Cool runnings is a great film, here's a good article about Jamaican Sprinting and the annual championships there.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/apr/01/jamaican-champs-athletics
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Post by sportykeppy-1 Thu 15 Sep 2011, 7:05 pm

Jamaica has always been quite good at sprinting. In 1948 London Olympics they they won their first olympic gold medal in the men's 400m.

Soldier_Of_Fortune, check this out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_in_Jamaica#1940s.

Donald Quarrie won the men's 200m in 1976 Montreal games.... The bobsleigh movie was as a result of them actually taking part in a winter games a few years ago where the participated in the bobsleigh event.... Cool

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Post by ryanbailey Fri 16 Sep 2011, 3:50 pm

Yes, it did inspire them to start sprinting. It was John Candy's physique and sprinting skills that did it.

Oh boy... did you actually watch the movie??? It is about sprinters taking up bobsleigh...

Perhaps this could work the other way round... bobsleigh people taking up sprinting.... What do you think???

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Post by md_fan Fri 16 Sep 2011, 4:22 pm

Didn't Allan Wells dabble a bit in bobsleigh after his retirement? Not sure how it went.

BTW - They should remake Cool Runnings with Bolt in the Doug E. Doug role.

MLF could stand in for John Candy.

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Post by ryanbailey Sat 17 Sep 2011, 7:31 am

MLF lacks the charisma to play John Candy roles.

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Post by md_fan Sat 17 Sep 2011, 4:32 pm

He can just about run as fast as John Candy though.

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Post by ryanbailey Sat 17 Sep 2011, 4:40 pm

md_fan wrote:He can just about run as fast as John Candy though.

I'm not disputing that... I don 't think anyone else will either.

John Candy was awesome!

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Post by Izzymiyagh1 Sun 18 Sep 2011, 6:08 am

John Candy was the man...

In fact, if you say, 'Candy was the man', 3 times...( not sure anyone will get the obscure reference, but thought I'd throw it out there anyway Erm )

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