When Olympic skeleton athlete Akwasi Frimpong returned from a training camp, he was so happy to see his family he forgot about a backpack he put down in front of his garage.
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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By Amy Tennery and Natalie Thomas BEIJING (Reuters) - Elite Nigerian monobob and skeleton competitor Simidele Adeagbo has lodged a formal complaint wi.
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BEIJING (AP) Victory, of sorts, for Eritrea's sole Winter Olympian one of just six athletes competing for African countries at the Games in China was achieved even before his feat of surviving two runs in blizzard conditions down a hazardous course aptly named The Ice River.
BEIJING, CHINA - Victory, of sorts, for Eritrea's sole Winter Olympian — one of just six athletes competing for African countries at the Games
BEIJING, CHINA - Victory, of sorts, for Eritrea's sole Winter Olympian — one of just six athletes competing for African countries at the Games