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  2. Cool Runnings - Wikipedia

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    Cool Runnings is a 1993 American sports comedy film directed by Jon Turteltaub from a screenplay by Lynn Siefert, Tommy Swerdlow, and Michael Goldberg, and a story by Siefert and Michael Ritchie. It is loosely based on the debut of the Jamaican national bobsleigh team at the 1988 Winter Olympics , and stars Leon , Doug E. Doug , Rawle D. Lewis ...

  3. Cool Runnings at 30, as told by its stars: ‘They wanted us to ...

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    Updated September 30, 2023 at 5:49 AM. One of the decade’s most enduring underdog stories: Doug E Doug, Malik Yoba, Rawle D Lewis, John Candy and Leon in ‘Cool Runnings’ (Shutterstock) What ...

  4. Running - Wikipedia

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    Running is a method of terrestrial locomotion by which humans and other animals move rapidly on foot. Running is a gait with an aerial phase in which all feet are above the ground (though there are exceptions). [1] This is in contrast to walking, where one foot is always in contact with the ground, the legs are kept mostly straight, and the ...

  5. John Runnings - Wikipedia

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    John Runnings. John Runnings (22 August 1917 – 25 April 2004) was a peace protester also known as the "Wall Walker". Partly inspired by Mahatma Gandhi's work and nonviolent resistance in general, he is notable for his series of one-man protests against the Berlin Wall during the 1980s. These culminated in the construction of a largely ...

  6. Jamaica national bobsleigh team - Wikipedia

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    The Jamaica national bobsleigh team represents Jamaica in international bobsleighing competitions. The men's team debut in the 1988 Winter Olympic Games four-man bobsleigh in Calgary, Alberta, [1] was received as underdogs in a cold weather sport represented by a nation with a tropical environment. Jamaica returned to the Winter Olympics in the ...

  7. Sprint (running) - Wikipedia

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    In athletics and track and field, sprints (or dashes) are races over short distances. They are among the oldest running competitions, being recorded at the Ancient Olympic Games. Three sprints are currently held at the modern Summer Olympics and outdoor World Championships: the 100 metres, 200 metres, and 400 metres .

  8. Howard Siler - Wikipedia

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    Biography. Howard Siler won a bronze medal in the four-man bobsledding event at the 1969 FIBT World Championships in Lake Placid, New York. Competing in two Winter Olympics, Siler's best Olympic finish was fifth place in the two-man event at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. [1] In all, he was a 5-time US champion and a 9-time member of ...

  9. Bob Schul - Wikipedia

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    5,000 meters. Pan American Games. 1963 Sao Paulo. 5000 meters. Robert Keyser "Bob" Schul (born September 28, 1937) is a former American long-distance runner. As of 2016, he is the only American to have won an Olympic gold medal in the 5000 m, at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

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