BY IGNATIUS ANNOR | VOA NEWS Eritrea’s Shannon Ogbnai-Abeda placed 39th in the men’s giant slalom, the only African who managed to complete his run in the event. A double blast of heavy snow and temperatures dropping to minus 22 degrees Celsius made the downhill race treacherous on Sunday, and only 46 of 87 skiers […]
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(click the above video to play) BY REID FIEST | GLOBAL NEWS Olympics are often about firsts and a young man has made history in South Korea. Shannon-Obgnai Abeda competed in his first winter games and so did the country he represents.
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His next goal is to put more Eritreans on skis BY BEREKET KIDANE The State of Eritrea will send its first representative, Shannon Ogbani-Abeda, to the Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang as well as its first-ever competitor in alpine skiing. There is a pride as an Eritrean in representing Eritrea, especially as a diaspora Eritrean, […]
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BY OLYMPIC NEWS Following the IOC’s announcement that it plans to target African National Olympic Committees (NOCS) as potential host cities of the Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in 2022, Shannon-Ogbani Abeda is set to make another piece of history for Africa when he becomes the first winter Olympian from Eritrea.
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BY WENDY-ANN CLARKE | CBC SPORTS Shannon-Ogbani Abeda will soon don a ski suit hued with the vibrant colours of the Eritrean flag as the country makes its Winter Olympic debut this February. Born and raised in Alberta by immigrant parents from the East African nation, the 21-year-old has spent most of his life nestled in the […]
Continue ReadingBy TesfaNews, Eritrean-Canadian Ski racer Shannon Abeda, 17, will do what it takes to represent his country Eritrea at the 2018 Winter Games in South Korea, his father Walday Abeda informed TesfaNews. In a qualification race that was conducted in Canada for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, young talent Shannon Abeda has just finished 8th […]
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