Eritrean Skier Only African to Finish Men’s Olympic Slalom

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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Proud of Eritrea’s Flag-bearer and First Winter Olympian Shannon Ogbani-Abeda

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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Shannon Abeda Vying to Represent Eritrea at the 2018 Winter Games in South Korea

By 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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