Kenya's Lone Olympic Competitor Crowdsourced Her Way To Pyeongchang
- 6 years ago
At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeonhchang, Sabrina Wanjiku Simader will be the lone athlete representing Kenya. The nineteen year-old alpine skier's path to the Olympic games was an improbably one. To help her afford to train, Simader turned to crowdfunding, launching a campaign titled "Ski race in leopard dress" on the website "I believe in you.