Ghanaian Olympic slalom skier Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong skis around a gate at the Snow Centre, Hemel Hempstead, England. AP
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Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, known as the Snow Leopard, will compete in the slalom and giant slalom at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and become the West African nation’s first Winter Olympian. AP
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Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong is in position to qualify in the slalom for Vancouver and become the West African nation’s first Winter Olympian. AP
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Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong has been in the sport for about five years, and much of his training is done at an indoor ski hill about an hour north of London. AP
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Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong will be the first athlete to hoist the Ghanaian flag in a Winter Olympics when he hits the alpine courses in Whistler this month. AP
