From a sports psychology standpoint, Jamaica’s Winter Olympians confront a unique mental landscape. They train across continents. They adapt to unfamiliar climates. They manage funding pressures, travel fatigue, and the quiet scepticism that still lingers whenever a tropical nation lines up in a winter sport.
THE bobsleigh team has received majority of the attention in Jamaica’s build-up to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy, however young Henri Rivers IV will make history for the island in Alpine skiing — and he’s being viewed as the standard-bearer in the event.
Bobsleigh athlete from Gwent has made history on the world stage, earning Jamaica's best-ever finish in the monobob at the Winter Olympic Games
Here are the latest results for Jamaica's bobsled team at the 2026 Winter Games.
Peterborough might not be known for its winter sports – there are no hills, and we rarely get any snow – but one Winter Olympic star has made his home in our city – and piloted the Jamaican bobsleigh at the last games four years ago.
From hurricane-scarred shores to snow-swept Olympic tracks, Jamaica’s bobsled team is proving that resilience (not conditions) define how far a nation can fly.