After 2018’s historic number of athletes representing African countries at the Winter Olympics, athletes hoped the historic representation would lead to more winter sport Olympians from across the continent. But at the upcoming Games in Beijing, the African delegation will be about half of what it was in 2018. The World’s Bianca Hillier reports on what it could mean for the future of winter sports in Africa.
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