Skeleton - For Ghana's sole racer, it's not about taking part


Skeleton – Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics – Men’s Training – Olympic Sliding Centre - Pyeongchang, South Korea – February 11, 2018 - Akwasi Frimpong of Ghana trains. REUTERS/Edgar Su

PYEONGCHANG (Reuters) - Taking part in the Pyeongchang Games is not the end goal for Ghana's first skeleton racer Akwasi Frimpong -- he wants to set the foundations for more Winter Olympians from Africa.

A converted track athlete who also tried bobsleigh, Frimpong's switch to skeleton -- and to representing the country of his birth - has opened the door to an Olympic debut.

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