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Snow Leopard "beat" reigning world champion

Friday, 12 March 2010 07:33

Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong. Photo: Ghana Ski Team Ghana skier Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong became Ghana's first athlete to compete at a on Saturday.

The 'snow leopard' "beat" accomplished skiers including reigning world champion Manfred Pranger of Austria and three-time medal winner here, Bode Miller of the United States. Both did not finish. Fog and mixed precipitation made for tough racing conditions, and 10 of the top 30-ranked skiers didn't reach the finish line.

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Ghana's Snow Leopard is one ice-cool cat

Friday, 12 March 2010 07:33

Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong. Photo: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images As a 35-year-old Olympic Alpine skier from Africa, Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong is accustomed to beating the odds.

Just not the competition.

The soft-spoken Alpine skier from Ghana pulled off his long-shot quest to make the Vancouver Games and gets his shot against the big boys in the slalom at Whistler Creek next Saturday.

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Ghana at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver

Friday, 12 March 2010 07:33

Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong. Photo: Ghana Ski Team Ghana, land of sea and sun is sending its very first Winter Olympic athlete to Vancouver. Alpine skier Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, nicknamed "The snow-leopard", is a self-taught, self-funded skier who had not seen snow until his 20's. He managed to gain enough points to qualify for the Olympics by racing in Iran, Bosnia, Turkey and other less traditional skiing nations.

He will be aiming to stay upright and run a personal best time all while wearing his signature black and white leopard-print suit. He told the Daily Telegraph that he's encouraging young kids in Ghana to take up skiing "We gave them grass skis and then took them to a fish refrigeration unit at Tema to let them feel what the cold is like". He will no doubt be very popular in Vancouver, and certainly embodies the Olympic spirit.

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Badminton association organizes justifier

Friday, 12 March 2010 07:33

The Ghanaian team. Photo: africa-badminton.com Badminton Association of Ghana will organize a justifier for senior badminton players nationwide from January 29 to 30, 2010 at the D.G. Hathiramani Sports Hall at the Ohene Djan Sports Stadium in Accra.

The justifier forms part of the association’s bid to select a formidable team to represent Ghana in Uganda, during Africa’s qualifiers for the 2010 Badminton World Cup.

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Ghana's first skier off to Olympics

Friday, 12 March 2010 07:33

Skier Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, known as the Snow Leopard. Photo: Foto Elvis / AP Ghana's first professional skier, who honed his skills on an artificial slope in the UK, has qualified to compete in next year's Winter Olympics.

Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong was born in the Scottish city of Glasgow but he grew up in Ghana's snowless capital, Accra.

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