The ten worst Olympians: loveable losers from the Games
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Billed as the "Snow Leopard", Ghana's first professional skier is heading to the Winter Olympics.
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Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong is the first professional skier to hail from the African country and has defied extraordinary odds to qualify for the Vancouver Games in February, although his hopes of a medal when he gets there will be slim.
His progress at the Games is bound to stir interest and will revive memories of former loveable losers from the Olympics. Here's our guide to the ten worst Olympians.
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