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US bobsledder to compete for Jamaica

By CNW Reporter··1 min read
US bobsledder to compete for Jamaica

US Olympics bobsled driver Jazmine Fenlator is expected to switch allegiances and compete for Jamaica with the goal of leading the island nation’s first-ever women’s bobsled team to the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games and building a substantial women’s program for Jamaica that will live well past her career.

The 30-year-old bobsled pilot, said she gained a new perspective on sport at a global level and of the need for more nations to compete, especially in niche winter sports.

Jamaica last had a women’s bobsled team competing on the world cup circuit in 2001, when Portia Morgan and Jennifer Cole finished 26th in Germany.

The athlete, also hopes to recruit Olympic champion sprinter, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.

Jamaica last had a women’s bobsled team competing on the world cup circuit in 2001, when Portia Morgan and Jennifer Cole finished 26th in Germany.

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