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Sporting Witness: Lamine Gueye - Senegalese Skier

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07/01/2017 GMT

Lamine Gueye - Senegalese Skier

BBC World Service - Sporting Witness, Lamine Gueye - Senegalese Skier

The story of the first black African to compete at the Winter Olympics.

In 1984, Lamine Gueye of Senegal became the first black African skier to take part in the Winter Olympics. The grandson of a prominent Senegalese politician, Gueye founded his country's ski federation and for a long time was the only member. He talks to Tayo Popoola. The programme is a Whistledown Production.

PHOTO: Lamine Gueye in action (Getty Images)

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