2022-02-14
38 分钟Welcome to Outlook.
I'm Anu Anand, bringing you the extraordinary story of a man who became an unlikely Olympic hero and a reluctant inspiration for a Hollywood blockbuster film.
Dudley Stokes had an idyllic childhood outdoors in the warm Jamaican air, exploring, fishing and swimming.
But later, as an adult, he chose to do this.
You get up to speeds of between 75 and 105 miles an hour.
You have these ice tracks and it's dominated by curves.
So the bobsled, when it's moving, can't actually be steered on the ice.
It's actually literally in a skid.
Dudley was the driver and captain of Jamaica's first bobsled team.
He and his team's effort to get to the Calgary Winter Games in 1988 inspired the Disney film Cool Runnings, directed.
Directed by John Turtletaub, which was a box office hit when it was released in 1993 and is still popular today.
It's the unlikely story of tropical islanders attempting to compete at the highest possible level in a winter sport set in snow and freezing temperatures.
We now come to the second chance for the four intrepid men from Jamaica.
What do they have to do, John?
In reality, Al, I don't think the.
Jamaicans have any chance of winning a battle.
Ready?
Ready.
Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme.
Get on up, it's bomb flat time.