US Bobsledder to Switch Allegiance to Compete For Jamaica
In recent times we have heard of several Jamaican athletes switching their allegiance to represent other countries.
Now an American Olympic bobsled driver Jazmine Fenlator has announced her intention to represent Jamaica as a part of the country’s first-ever women’s team at the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games.
Fenlator has a Jamaican father and stated her goal is to build a substantial women’s program and also hopes to recruit World and Olympic 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.
According to Irie FM, the 30 year old, is a seven-year veteran of Team USA and piloted the USA-3 sled at the Sochi 2014 Games.
She was granted permission to be released from USA Bobsled & Skeleton earlier this month, which she says is the first of three steps required by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation before she is permitted to compete for Jamaica.
The second is proving her Jamaican citizenship (she is currently applying for citizenship through descent) and the final step is the Jamaica Bobsleigh Federation requesting to add her.
