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COOL RUNNINGS II: AFTER BOBSLEIGH, JAMAICA TRIES ITS HAND AT DOG-SLED
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By Paul Kelbie,
Scotland Correspondent
The Independent
Jan. 20, 2006

As he lines up in Europe's biggest dog-sled race today, Devon Anderson has more reason than most of his rivals to be nervous.

Not only does he have just seven months' experience of a sport
usually associated with Siberia or Alaska - he has never seen snow. As the world's first Jamaican dog-sled racer, Anderson, who usually
organises adventure holidays, is far more at ease with the climate of his Caribbean home than with the chill of Aviemore.

What's more, comparisons with Jamaica's bob-sleigh team - which came to prominence at the Calgary Olympics in 1988 and inspired the film Cool Runnings - are inevitable....

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