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The Jamaican women’s curling team won a historic silver medal at the World Curling Federation’s Pan Continental Championships held in Kelowna, Canada. With the win, the women’s team joined Jamaica’s legendary bobsledders in making a mark on the competitive winter sports scene for the Caribbean island nation.

Slide over, Jamaican bobsledders. A group of expats from the ice-free island is hoping to bring a whole new winter sport to the tropical nation.

A group of expats from the ice-free island is hoping to bring a whole new winter sport to their tropical homeland: curling.

Slide over, Jamaican bobsledders. A group of expats from the ice-free island are hoping to bring a whole new winter sport to their tropical homeland: curling. Three decades after Jamaica crashed the W...

A group of expats from the ice-free island is hoping to bring a whole new winter sport to their tropical homeland: curling.

Slide over, Jamaican bobsledders. A group of expats from the ice-free island are hoping to bring a whole new winter sport to their tropical homeland: curling. Three decades after Jamaica crashed the Winter Olympics — and then crashed at the Winter Olympics — with the bobsled team made famous in the movie “Cool Runnings,” the country has joined the World Curling Federation.

Slide over, Jamaican bobsledders. A group of expats from the ice-free island are hoping to bring a whole new winter sport to their tropical homeland: curling.

A group of expats from the ice-free island is hoping to bring a whole new winter sport to their tropical homeland: curling.

A group of expats from the ice-free island is hoping to bring a whole new winter sport to their tropical homeland: curling.

Some expat Jamaicans living in Canada are hoping to bring a new winter sport to their tropical homeland. The island nation was recently granted conditional membership in the World Curling Federation. That gives Jamaica a chance to send teams to international competitions. And the new national governing body hopes it will help spread the word in a country better known for sprinters, reggae and rum. Curling Jamaica President Ben Kong says the curlers are following in the footsteps of the Jamaican ...