{"id":9639,"date":"2014-02-11T12:11:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T17:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/?p=9639"},"modified":"2014-02-11T12:11:00","modified_gmt":"2014-02-11T17:11:00","slug":"zimbabwe-fields-its-first-winter-olympic-team-one-guy-on-skis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/zimbabwe-fields-its-first-winter-olympic-team-one-guy-on-skis\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe Fields Its First Winter Olympic Team: One Guy on Skis"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is about as cool as our team The Spirit of Panama<\/a> who represented Panama in the Bobsled races. Here is the article by Christopher Spillane who wrote the Bloomberg Article.<\/p>\n

Luke Steyn wasn\u2019t born the last time it snowed in Zimbabwe. Still, that hasn\u2019t stopped the 20-year-old skier from becoming the African nation\u2019s first winter Olympian.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was born in Zimbabwe, it\u2019s in my blood,\u201d the University of Colorado business-management student said. \u201cI\u2019m African, even though I don\u2019t sound like it all the time. Why not represent Zimbabwe? It\u2019s unique.\u201d<\/p>\n

With a $1,500 monthly stipend from the International Olympic Committee, Steyn will represent a country with no official record of snow since it dropped its colonial-era name Rhodesia in 1980. His chance comes in the slalom and giant slalom at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, where he\u2019ll be up against competition including Marcel Hirscher of Austria and Ted Ligety of the U.S., who are among the top-ranked skiers in the world.<\/p>\n

More coverage of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi<\/p>\n

Zimbabwe\u2019s sports achievements have been mainly in activities suited to its hotter climate such as swimming, cricket, golf and field hockey. Swimmer Kirsty Coventry, the nation\u2019s most successful Olympian, earned seven Olympic medals and broke seven world records, while golfer Nick Price won three majors. Soccer is the nation\u2019s most popular sport, although the nation is only 105th in governing body FIFA\u2019s rankings.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/span> Source: Luke Steyn via Bloomberg<\/p>\n

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In the past year, Luke Steyn has competed at Chamonix and Courchevel in France, New… Read More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Steyn, born in the nation\u2019s capital Harare, left Zimbabwe as a 3-year-old when his father, a former Rio Tinto Plc (RIO)<\/span> employee moved to Europe. From there, vacations in the ski resorts of France and Switzerland led to his competing when he and his family moved to London in 2000.<\/p>\n

Slalom Rankings<\/h2>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s definitely what you\u2019re exposed to,\u201d Steyn, who lives with his parents in London\u2019s Kingston upon Thames suburb, said in a telephone interview. \u201cI was given opportunities to attend the academies, and from there I went from one thing to another, and I found myself competing internationally.\u201d<\/p>\n

Steyn probably won\u2019t pose a threat to the elite skiers. He\u2019s ranked 2,962nd in slalom and 1,711th in giant slalom, according to his biography on the IOC\u2019s website. In the past year, he\u2019s competed at Chamonix in France, New Zealand\u2019s Coronet Peak and California\u2019s Mammoth Mountain, where he finished sixth in the giant slalom. That was his highest position in 2013, according to the International Ski Federation.<\/p>\n

Steyn will compete in Sochi\u2019s Rosa Khutor Alpine Center, which was developed by ski architect Bernhard Russi. He\u2019ll be facing competition from the likes of Austria\u2019s Hirscher, the No. 1-ranked overall male alpine skier, and Ligety of the U.S., ranked third in the giant slalom by the governing body.<\/p>\n

\u2018Unfair\u2019 Sport<\/h2>\n

In the giant slalom, he\u2019ll zigzag downhill through as many as 70 poles on a vertical drop of 450 meters (1,476 feet). Slalom is a shorter event with quicker turns and has a vertical drop of 220 meters.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s one of the most unfair sports,\u201d Steyn said. \u201cYou\u2019re 55-60 kilos, skinny and you\u2019re competing against 28-year-olds who have been doing this their whole life, it\u2019s very difficult to get close to them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Steyn was the 10th Olympic carrier of Zimbabwe\u2019s green, yellow, red, black and white flag at the opening ceremony. He succeeded Coventry, the flag-bearer at the 2012 Summer Games in London.<\/p>\n

The similarities between Steyn and Coventry, 30, don\u2019t end there. Both are from Harare and enrolled at U.S. colleges, training between classes. Steyn is currently taking a year off from his education, while Coventry graduated from Alabama\u2019s Auburn University with a degree in hotel and restaurant management.<\/p>\n

Coventry is a \u201chuge inspiration,\u201d Steyn said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I think we can all learn from her is that it doesn\u2019t matter if you are from a smaller sporting nation like Zimbabwe, you can still achieve top results on an international sporting platform,\u201d Steyn said.<\/p>\n

Steyn\u2019s Team<\/h2>\n

He says he won\u2019t be lonely in Sochi as a lone athlete.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing a one-person team will be strange for me, I have spent most of my skiing career on teams,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I will have a coach, a physio, the chef de mission and my family there and hopefully a few supporters, so in that respect I will have a team to share the experience with.\u201d<\/p>\n

The country also is popular among other athletes, said Jessica Gregg, a 25-year-old short-track speed skater from Canada. Among athletes trading pins from their home countries, Zimbabwe will be target, she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat would be pretty cool,\u201d Gregg said. \u201cI\u2019m sure it\u2019ll be highly sought-after, so it might be pretty hard to get.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cost, Exposure<\/h2>\n

For Winter Games athletes — especially those from non-typical winter sports countries — cost and exposure are the main barriers to entry, according to David Wallechinsky, president of the International Society of Olympic Historians.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of it has to do with money,\u201d he said in a telephone interview from Sochi. \u201cAnyone can run 100 meters or throw but winter sports are expensive. If you want to snowboard or bobsled, you need equipment, you need the venues.\u201d<\/p>\n

Steyn isn\u2019t expecting medals at Sochi and is using the experience to hone his performance for future competitions. Although he moved to London in 2000, the year when Coventry first went to the Olympics as a 16-year-old in Sydney, he never really saw competing for the U.K. as an option.<\/p>\n

Now he\u2019s happy to be breaking new ground for his country.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s easier to get exposed to summer sports,\u201d Steyn said. \u201cIt\u2019s unique in itself for a Zimbabwean to be exposed to winter sport. It\u2019s been a funny journey.\u201d<\/p>\n

To contact the reporter on this story: Christopher Spillane in Sochi at cspillane3@bloomberg.net<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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