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Cool Runnings Page #7
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- 1993
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No, child.
You didn't miss a thing.
...ofJamaica made it
all the way here to Calgary...
to compete
in the bobsled event.
Their flag bearer is
the sled captain Derice Bannock.
Derice's father, Ben Bannock, was
a gold medalist in the 200 meters...
over 20 years ago.
And perhaps there's gold in
two generations of this family.
That's quite a story.
TheJamaican bobsled team.
It's a beautiful afternoon in Calgary,
and there is a lot more coming up.
So stay tuned for
more exciting coverage...
of the opening ceremonies
of the 15th Winter Olympiad...
from Calgary,
Alberta, Canada.
Gentlemen, let's go
check into our new home.
Come on, Junior.
Junior! Hey!
Junior.
giving you one of those, uh...
"Win one for the Gipper"
speeches.
I'm not good at that stuff.
Instead, I thought I'd, uh...
lead you in a psalm
of inspiration.
Let's bow our heads.
Who's the "Gipper"?
Our Father who art in Calgary,
bobsled be Thy name.
Thy kingdom come,
gold medals won...
on Earth as it is
in turn seven.
With liberty and justice
forJamaica and Haile Selassie.
- Amen.
- All right!
- Yes!
- Respect.
- All right.
- Jah Rastafari.
Junior.
Now you listen to me, boy.
You might not have done
what you were asked...
but you will do
what you're told.
- You're coming home.
- Yeah, but, Father,
you know I just want...
But nothing.
I didn't send you
to the finest school...
for you to go around
sliding on your backside.
- You must be mad.
- Yeah, but the team needs me.
I don't want to hear
any more of it.
Go and get your things.
I'll wait in the lobby.
Pride. Power.
Father, when you look
at me, what do you see?
I don't have time
for games, Junior.
Tell me what ya see!
Please.
All right, I'll tell you
what I see.
I see a lost little boy...
who's lucky to have a father
who knows what's best for him.
No, no, no, no. You don't know
what's best for me, Father.
I am not a lost
little boy, Father.
I am a man.
And I'm an Olympian.
I'm stayin' right here.
Hey, Junior Bevil.
You're a badass mother.
- Here, l-I got a couple.
- I like this one. Yes.
O Canada, indeed. This is Al Trautwig
along with John Morgan.
We're live at Olympic Park,
the brand-new bobsledding venue...
just a few miles outside
of downtown Calgary.
Everybody, shut up.
It's starting.
...extremely intense, exciting
competition for the next three days.
I am feeling very Olympic
today. How about you?
Uh, this sport, as we well know,
us made up of athletes...
who go to the edge and sometimes
beyond, and it is why we believe...
the next three days is going to be
extremely competitive and exciting.
And already, John, on day one,
with a gold medal favorite.
Well, the Swiss were fortunate enough
to draw number one in the competition.
We gotta make them the odds-on
favorite to win the gold.
But the East Germans, they're comin'
off the gold medal win in 1984.
The Canadians, it's their home track.
And they've been doin'
very well in practice all week.
Eins, zwei, drei.
One! Two! Three! Go!
- Eighty miles an hour or close to it.
- You know, Al,
I'm lookin'at the times here, and
the course is gettin'extremely fast.
And I was worried about that Austrian
team's safety in that last big...
four G's of force on the athletes.
Well, if you were worried about
them, what are you thinking
about our last and next team?
Yes, it certainly seems
strange that surrounded by
the ice and snow of Calgary,
from the tiny island ofJamaica.
- From Jamaica!
to even get here.
They came out of nowhere. And
you know, there's a lot of teams
up here on top of the hill...
that sort of feel theJamaicans
don't belong here.
- Hey! Hey!
- Hey, what are you doin', man?
- What are you doing?
- That's what the Swiss do
to psych themselves up.
They also make them little pocketknives,
too, but I don't see you doin' that.
All right, guys, we're up. Come on. Hey,
knock it off. Knock it off, will ya?
Okay. Let's go.
Come on.
Take your start positions.
Remember, we don't have to win
the gold in the first day.
- It's just like any other run.
- Except this time...
Derice, did you forget
something? Thank you.
- Ready.
- Ready.
- Ready.
- Ready.
Eins, zwei, drei.
Go! Go, go, go, go! Go!
- Get in! Get in!
- As theJamaican team attempts
its first ever...
winter Olympic event,
and look at this.
They've gotta get into that sled.
I've never seen anything like this.
I know it's not funny,
but how embarrassing.
Now, thank goodness. For
a minute, I didn't think they'd
ever get all four of them in.
And that could've been
a disaster.
C-Come on!
Well, most importantly here,
when you do get in the sled...
you have to get in with catlike
movements, get in, get relaxed.
Ooh, look at that high line at
Omega.! He bounces off the wall,
ricochets like a pinball.
You know, the driver here,
Derice Bannock, looks like
the sled's really drivin'him.
- That fool better watch his mouth.
- He better watch more than that.
This is the time when this team
may be thinking, "This may not
have been such a great idea. "
Their heads are bouncing around.
This is amazing.
Like rag dolls as they come
through the finish...
at a time of 58.04...
which will be good enough
for last place.
You choked. It was yours for
the taking, and you choked.
You were ready,
and ya choked.
Well, maybe we should
go over the turns again?
You know the turns.
You know everything there is
to know about this sport.
I'll tell you somethin'.
You had all better figure out...
how to stay loose out there.
That's somethin'
I can't help you with.
I'll see you tomorrow
on the hill.
You know, when the Swiss
want to get relaxed...
Will you shut up
about the damn Swiss?
I mean, it was all that "eins,
zwei, drei" nonsense that got us
all nervous in the first place.
Hey, man, look here. I'm just tryin'
to get us off on the right foot.
Well, the right foot for us
is not the Swiss foot.
I mean, come on, Derice.
We can't be copyin' nobody else's style.
We have our own style.
Kissin' an egg
is no kind of style.
It's the Olympics here.
It's no stupid pushcart derby.
Let me tell ya
somethin', Rasta.
I didn't come up here to forget
who I am and where I come from.
And neither did I. I'm just
tryin' to be the best I can be.
So am I. And the best
I can be is Jamaican.
Look. Derice, I've known you sinceJulie
Jeffries asked to see your ding-a-ling.
And I'm telling you
as a friend...
if we lookJamaican,
walkJamaican...
talkJamaican
and is Jamaican...
then we sure as hell
better bobsled Jamaican.
Greetings from Jamaica
'Nuff people will say
you know they can't believe
Jamaica we have
a bobsled team
'Nuff people say
you know they can't believe
Jamaica we have
a bobsled team
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