This phenomenon of sliding-sport dreamers might have really taken off as a novelty when Jamaica sent a bobsled team to the 1988 Calgary Olympics — a story that was turned into the 1993 movie “Cool ...

Johnson was a gymnast when she was recruited into sliding. She didn’t know what “Cool Runnings” was. And now she’s living her own version of the story, after finally seeing the movie.

Johnson was a gymnast when she was recruited into sliding. She didn't know what “Cool Runnings” was. And now she's living her own version of the story, after finally seeing the movie.

Rhys Peters, Jermayne Takapautolo, Jack Pennington and Benjamin Forst of Australia compete during the 4-Man Bobsleigh Race Heat 2 on day five ... and it just seemed so cool with a lot of adrenaline.

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — It doesn’t snow in Jamaica. Or Malta. Or Ghana. There’s been a maybe dusting reported on rare occasions in parts of Thailand and Malaysia. And nobody thinks of Spain ...

She didn't know what "Cool Runnings" was. And now she's living her own version of the story, after finally seeing the movie. "They made us watch it," Johnson said. "I had no idea what it was like." ...