| When someone talks about famous Jamaican | | | | of Jamaica's many adult resorts, chances are you are |
| athletes, chances are you will hear a lot about one of | | | | probably not there to play cricket, but it may be |
| the most accomplished Jamaican athletes ever, 2008 | | | | something you'd like to go see. Depending on where |
| Summer Olympics gold medalist Usain Bolt. Bolt | | | | you are from, there may not be a chance to see |
| captured the world's attention with his bold, brash | | | | cricket at your home. The sport has a long tradition on |
| behavior that he backed up with wins that looked | | | | the island, and the level of play is quite good. |
| easy. Of course, they were nothing but, as they came | | | | Many still associated the Jamaican island with the |
| against the world's best runners from every corner of | | | | unlikeliest of sports: bobsledding. At the 1988 Winter |
| the globe. But even if your idea of sports is hanging out | | | | Olympics in Calgary, the Jamaicans shocked many by |
| at a Jamaica golf course, it isn't hard to see Bolt's | | | | simply competing with the world's best. While the |
| ridiculous athleticism. If you think that track and field is | | | | races were mostly disappointing from a place |
| the only game on the island of Jamaica, you are | | | | perspective, the simple fact that the Jamaicans were |
| definitely wrong. There are all sorts of passions | | | | out there was enough for most people. After all, |
| Jamaicans have for sport, and running is just one of | | | | Jamaica is what most would associate with a |
| them. | | | | Caribbean honeymoon, not sliding down an icy chute in |
| Cricket is one such sport. Popular with the English, this | | | | a sled. And while 1988 was not a success, the 1992 |
| sport is a holdover from the days of English rule of the | | | | games saw the Jamaican team finish 14th in the |
| island. That does not lessen the passion that many of | | | | 4-man sled and a shocking 10th in the 2-man, beating |
| this sport's players and fans have for it. There are | | | | the Swedish national champions in the process. An |
| many matches played all over the island, as well as in | | | | inspiration for many, the bobsled program is still going |
| one of the Caribbean's premier cricket stadiums, | | | | strong on this island nation. |
| 12,000-seat Sabina Park stadium. If you are visiting one | | | | |