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Milan Games Fans — The Kind 50

THE ROAD NOT PAVED WITH GOLD

Getting to the Milan Games wasn't easy. Many hopefuls had to cover the costs themselves, including training, equipment, and travel in order to represent their country with pride.

STILL RUNNING, STILL COOL

Two bobsledders in green and yellow race suits push their sled down the start of an indoor ice track.

Jamaica's bobsled team has no home track, no snow, and no government funding.

Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme, give it up, it's bobsled time!! Cool Runnings!! Go Jam 🇯🇲
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Four members of the Jamaican bobsled team stand in green, black and yellow race suits behind a two-person sled on the ice.

This year, with the help of over 80 donors, they qualified in three events, a first in program history.

A Jamaican bobsled in the track while teammates and staff in the background look on.
A two-person bobsled in the colours of the Jamaican flag speeds down an ice track.
A black, green and gold bobsled seen from above as it rounds a curve of the ice track.
Two bobsledders in helmets push a black, green and gold Jamaican bobsled off the start of an ice track, officials in dark jackets watching behind them.

Road to milan by the numbers

  • A hockey player in a red and black kit skating with the stick.

    Hockey

    20 fundraisers

  • A skier in a white suit and helmet carving a turn with poles out.

    Skiing

    70 fundraisers

  • A snowboarder in an orange jacket and white trousers upside down in the air.

    Snowboarding

    19 fundraisers

  • A green bobsled with four athletes sitting in a row.

    Bobsleigh

    64 fundraisers

  • A figure skater in a red dress balancing on one skate with her arms raised.

    Figure skating

    23 fundraisers

  • A skeleton athlete in a yellow suit and helmet sliding head first.

    Skeleton

    22 fundraisers

  • A curler in a black and orange jacket lunging forward to release a stone.

    Curling

    1 fundraiser

  • A luge athlete in a green race suit lying back on the sled.

    Luge

    6 fundraisers

Over 21,000 fans around the world helped athletes compete in Milan, raising over $1 million on GoFundMe.

A snowboarder jumps high above a snow ramp, with a mountain range behind.

$1.27M

raised for the love of the Games

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