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Play music on a ski trip in canada. after watching skiers glide down the slopes, he knew what he had to do next. >> i decided there and then that i wanted to join them. i wouldn't come back on this annual trip as just a dj ever again. i wanted to come back as a skier. so long story short, i had my first ever lesson on the mountain in february of 2016. >> reporter: fast forward to today. alexander is now the first alpine skier from jake to qualify in an olympic winter games. born in britain, he's now realizing a dream of his caribbean roots. >> realizing the powerhouse of the summer games, jama...

Covid. >> reporter: alexander expects to arrive in beijing early next month. before his competition begins on february 13th. >> i think more skiers are really excited to see a jamaica skier. and obviously, after the events that happened in 2020, i think a lot has changed. people are now excited to see diversity, whereas perhaps they might not have been as open and as warm to the suggestion. >> in beijing, alexander says he hopes to inspire a new generation of winter olympians from jamaica, leaping barriers and snowbanks, all at one time. patrick oppmann, cnn. >> "cool runnings," still having a...

There. one lucky fan says adele saw his social media post, complaining about the cancellation. he got a private message directing him to a pop-up shop where he and a handful of other fans got, you see it there, a face time call from the grammy award winning singer. now, fox said his experience was transformed from the worst ever trip, right, to, of course, the best. adele says her postponed shows will, of course, be rescheduled at later dates. now, in less than two weeks, some of the world's greatest athletes will compete in the beijing winter olympics. among those competing is the very firs...

The coronavirus pandemic. but he persevered, drawing inspiration from an iconic jamaica bobsled team, who rose to international fame. >> feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme, get on up, it's bobsled time! cool runnings! >> reporter: their unlikely story became the peace of the '90s movie, "cool runnings," about four bobsledders from the caribbean island competing in the winter olympics. >> i have to say, i wouldn't be sitting here right now if it wasn't for that movie and if it wasn't for the crazy exploits of that team in 1988. so i hope that my story actually served as a continuation of that. >> ...