Its bobsled time: Jamaican team raises $25,000 in Dogecoin Enthusiastic fundraisers have raised more than 26m in Dogecoin, a joke alternative currency, which could help propel the Jamaican bobsleigh team to the 2014 Winter Olympics A group of supporters have raised more than $25,000 in the internet currency Dogecoin to let the Jamaican Bobsled Team attend the Winter Olympics in Sochi. On Sunday, news broke that the team had qualified for the Winter Olympics for the first time since 2002. The two-man sled will be piloted by Winston Watt, a 46-year-old Jamaican-American who also competed in 2002, with Marvin Dixon as the brakeman. But Watt revealed that, even after putting his own money up to fly the team to his training session, there wasnt enough money to send the two to Russia. As a result, he turned to donations, launching a PayPal account to pay for the estimated $40,000. The Jamaican bobsled team achieved international fame after qualifying for the 1988 Winter Olympics with a team of four men who had very little experience in the sport. That fame was boosted with the release of Cool Runnings in 1993, a loosely fictionalised account of their trials. The film remains a cult hit, and fans spread word of Watts plight. More reading -
Posted on: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 16:38:17 +0000
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