Olympics-Bobsleigh-Jamaican sprinter sees success in a sled for 'Cool Runnings' fan Hamilton

Record ID: 2341389

  • Title: Olympics-Bobsleigh-Jamaican sprinter sees success in a sled for 'Cool Runnings' fan Hamilton
  • Date: 16th February 2026
  • Summary: CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, ITALY (FEBRUARY 15, 2026)(REUTERS) VARIOUS OF MEMBER OF JAMAICA BOBSLEIGH TEAM, TYQUENDO TRACEY, BEING INTERVIEWED (SOUNDBITE)(English) MEMBER OF JAMAICA BOBSLEIGH TEAM, TYQUENDO TRACEY, SAYING:     “I think he (Lewis Hamilton) would do well. Reason being, when you see, when you look at the F1 cars going around a track or taking a corner at 200, 300 mph,
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  • Keywords: Cool Runnings F1 Formula One Lewis Hamilton Milano Cortina 2026 Tyquendo Tracey Winter Olympics bobsleigh
  • Location: VARIOUS LOCATIONS
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  • Country: Italy
  • Topics: Europe,Olympics,Sport
  • Reuters ID: LVA001592416022026RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Jamaican sprinter Tyquendo Tracey reckons Lewis Hamilton would make a good Olympic bobsleigh driver should the seven-times Formula One champion be looking for thrills once he hangs up his helmet.
        Tracey is carving out his own parallel sporting career at the Milano Cortina Games with the Jamaican four-man bobsleigh team, whose history dates back to the 1988 "Cool Runnings" crew -- the heroes of one of Hamilton's favourite movies.
        At 41 Hamilton could not be as quick as sled pusher Tracey, twice a national track champion and sub-10-second 100 metres runner who can claim to be the fastest natural athlete at the Games, but steering might play more to the Ferrari driver's strengths.
        "I think he (Hamilton) would do well," F1 fan Tracey told Reuters Television.
        "When you see people like Lewis Hamilton going around curves (at) 200-250 miles an hour, he's going to have the eye for it to be able to manoeuvre a sled ... so, personally, I think he would do very well."
        An Olympic four-man bob can reach around 150 kilometres per hour.
        Hamilton, whose paternal grandparents came to Britain from the Caribbean island of Grenada, has spoken often of the influence of 'Cool Runnings' in showing Black athletes breaking into a White-dominated sport -- a story similar to his own start in motorsport.
        More recently, Hamilton has also expressed an interest in bobsleigh. In a recent Ferrari team video, Hamilton said that if he were to do a Winter Olympic sports, it would be bobsledding.
        Tracey said Hamilton, the most successful driver in Formula One history and first Black champion, was a role model.
    (Production: Marta Fiorin, Noemi Olive, Ilze Filks)
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