Jamaican sledders will be in Sochi

Jamaican bobsled pilot Winston Watts and the nation's Olympic Committee said on Monday they are accepting an invitation to compete at next month's Sochi Olympics.

It marks the first time the Jamaican bobsled team will compete at the Games since 2002. The invitation comes after Watts accumulated enough points in lower-tier races in North America to qualify.

It will be the fifth Winter Games for a team from the sun-drenched Caribbean island which first qualified in 1988 for Calgary, an achievement that later inspired the movie Cool Runnings.