The Jamaican had initially failed to qualify for the Games due to his world ranking of 79th but will make history after other countries turned down quota places.

Watson, 39th at last year's World Championships in Königssee, said it was an "absolute honour" to receive a late call-up for Pyeongchang 2018, which begins with the Opening Ceremony next Friday (February 9).

"This whole year has been a rollercoaster of emotions," Watson, who tried out for the American bobsleigh team in 2016, told the Jamaica Gleaner.

"If I can say one thing from this whole experience it is that I was always told that anything can happen so come prepared to give your best because you never know what the outcome will be."

Jamaica Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation President Chris Stokes said Watson's eventual qualification came as a result of additional support for skeleton athletes in the country and Watson's "tremendous effort and dedication".

"Over the past several seasons we have revived the skeleton programme with the aim of broadening our participation in sliding sports and providing a more assessable, lower cost sliding option for a greater number of Jamaicans," Stokes said. 

"Anthony's qualification is as a result of tremendous effort and dedication on his part and we congratulate him and look forward to broadening and deepening Jamaica's participation in the sport of skeleton."

Jamaica have also qualified for the women's bobsleigh for the first time.

The team, which features pilot Jazmine Fenlator-Victorian and brake duo Carrie Russell and Audra Segree, were among the first to move into the Pyeongchang 2018 Athletes' Village.

They're the first Jamaican women to qualify for Olympic bobsleigh, exactly 30 years after their men competed at the Winter Olympics for the first time at Calgary 1988 and inspired the film Cool Runnings.