Some competitors have been able to make it to the Olympics in part because of a change in qualifying criteria aimed at producing a more diverse field a change that has garnered scrutiny.
African representation has shrivelled since a record eight African nations, fielding twice as many athletes as in Beijing, competed in 2018. Eritrea, Ghana, Morocco, Madagascar and Nigeria are back; Kenya, South Africa and Togo are not.
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There are over 1 billion people living in Africa, and many other Africans living around the world. But there were only six athletes representing Africa in this year’s Beijing Winter Olympics. Can the IOC get more Africans into the winter Olympics?