Meet Benjamin Alexander.
Just ask 38-year-old Benjamin Alexander. Six years ago, he put on skis for the first time. This weekend, he'll be hitting the slopes in Beijing to compete in the Winter Olympics.Benjamin will be Jamaica's FIRST EVER alpine Olympic ski racer and only the 15th athlete ever to represent the country in a Winter Olympic sport. This Sunday, he will be entering theBut Benjamin's story started in 2015, when he was invited to a heli-ski lodge in British Columbia.
I found that very strange since the country is a powerhouse full of athletes in the summer game.""So coming into 2019, I just had a plan to say, 'Let's see if this crazy idea of going to the Olympics is even possible. Let's just go and ski for a little while and see what happens,'" he said."So I moved to Revelstoke in British Columbia, Canada. And the plan was to ski for one month.
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