This is too good to be true! The Jamaican bobsled team has raised over R1 million on Crowdtilt so they can compete in the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

Well, we say ‘team’, when it’s really just Marvin Dixon – the brakeman, and Winston Watts – the pilot.

The generous contributions were made mostly using the Bitcoin alternative, ‘Dogecoin’, which made up R300,000 of the funding.

In the real-life story that will inevitably become known as ‘Cool Runnings 2’, the Jamaican Olympic Association didn’t do much to help – so the team had to get creative with ways of earning money.

This is team captain Winston Watts’ third Olympics. He last competed in the Salt Lake City Games in 2002, which was also the last time the Jamaican bobsled team qualified for the Winter Olympics.

The man is 46 years-old and decided to come out of retirement to take a shot at racing in Sochi in Russia – so don’t expect miracles.

[Source : Venture Beat]