Dave Adlard loves the film Cool Runnings:
… loosely based on the true story of the Jamaica national bobsled team’s debut in the bobsleigh competition of the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta. …
For the first half of the final day’s race it looks as though they will break the world bobsled speed record, until tragedy strikes: their sled, due to one of the blades falling off, flips on its side coming out of a turn towards the end of their run, leaving them meters short of the finish line. However, the team lifts their sled up and walks across the finish line …
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
“A gold medal is a wonderful thing, but if you’re not enough without it, you’ll never be enough with it.”
– John Candy as coach Irv Blitzer
