“It’s the same concept. It’s inspiring how they did it and nobody thought it’s possible.”

–Faisal al-Rasheed, one of a small team of Saudi skiers and snowboarders trying to qualify for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, comparing the Saudi effort with the Jamaican men’s bobsled team that gave the Caribbean nation their first-ever Winter Olympians at the 1988 Calgary Games. [Olympics]