Ghanaian sleigh rider to Winter Olympics

It’s official‼️Proud to announce that I will be representing Ghana at the 2018 Winter Olympics🙏🏿. Dare to dream! #GhanaSkeleton🇬🇭 pic.twitter.com/xBw6dH1wfq

— Akwasi Frimpong (@FrimpongAkwasi) January 15, 2018

For the first time ever, Ghana will be represented at the Winter Olympics sleigh riding, Dutch NOS TV reports today.

Akwasi Frimpong will participate on a skeleton sleigh, as the first black athlete ever doing so.

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