Jamaica isn’t the only bobsled team made of sprinters

 Hopefully, by now, we’ve all seen the movie “Cool Runnings.” Hopefully we can all laugh at a good, “Sanka, ya dead man?” joke and pump ourselves up by starring in the mirror and repeating the lines, “I see pride, I see power, I see a badass mutha, who don’t take no crap off of nobody.” If not, watch the film, then read this article. In an interesting turn of events, world class 100-meter hurdler Lolo Jones not only made the U.S. bobsled team, but also helped lead them to a gold medal this past weekend.

In St. Mortiz, Switizerland, Lolo Jones and teammate Elana Meyers helped pull themselves, and male teammates Steven Holcomb and Curtis Tomasevicz to a gold medal in the combined bobsled-skeleton competition. With the event being a team effort of both the men’s and women’s teams, as well as single man skeleton and team bobsled, overall team times is what won the event.

Jones and Meyers, as well as their male counterparts, both boasted the 3^rd fastest times of the day, but their times, mixed with that of the skeleton racers, were enough to edge the German team by .24 seconds. The Germans won 3 of the 4 overall events, but came up short where it counts.

For those unfamiliar with Jones, she is a gold medalist at the Indoor Track and Field World Championship in 600m hurdles. She is also known for being a gold medal favorite in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but tripping on the final hurdle. If that isn’t enough fame, she also garnered spotlight time with admitting to being a 29-year-old virgin in an interview before this summer’s Olympic Games.

While combined bobsled-skeleton is not a well-known event, a gold medal is a gold medal. Congratulations to Lolo Jones and the U.S. team for their accomplishments in the Bobsled World Championships. 

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