By Julien Pretot BEIJING (Reuters) - When the Alpine skiing events start at the Beijing Olympics, Haiti will be presenting their own version of "Cool .
The 2022 Winter Olympics will be held in Beijing from February 4 to 20. Among the athletes who will participate, the young Haitian skier Richardson Viano (19), 35th out of the 50 best skiers in the world in giant slalom.
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Among the more unlikely nations of the 70 entering teams at the current Alpine Skiing World Championships in Cortina, Italy is a team of four from the Caribbean island of Haiti.
âHaiti Ski is carrying a message of hope for the local population of Haiti which is rebuilding itself since the earthquake in 2010. Their objective: to prove that everything is possible by surpassing themselves during a sporting event at very high level, just as Haitians surpass themselves to continue to live in face of difficulties,â a spokesperson for the team said.
Other nations sending athletes alongside the big name Alpine nations include Iran, Lebanon, India, Peru, Greece, Latvia and Cyprus. However, unlike Haiti, all of these do have ski areas of their own.