Jamaica hopes to enter the Winter Olympics in Vancouver in 2010 with their first competitor since the famous appearance of the country’s bobsleigh team at the Calgary Games 18 years ago which inspired the Cool Runnings movie.

This time Jamaica’s hopes are likely to rest upon the shoulders of a young skier cross star, Errol Kerr, who was raised near Lake Tahoe and has a world ranking of 24 as a member of the US ski cross team, but wants to represent his father’s country at the Vancouver Games.

The 22 year old is currently visiting Jamaica for the first time and is aiming to raise 200,000 dollars in sponsorship in order to pay for a coach and travel costs to compete as a Jamaican. He has the support of the Jamaican Minister for Sport and the head of the Jamaican Ski association, but must state his allegiance to Jamaica to the international Ski federation by June 1st if he wishes to race for the country in future.