You have to meet Sabrina Wanjiku Simader, Kenya's sole Olympian
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- Sabrina Wanjiku Simader will be the lone Kenyan at the Winter Olympics.
- Simader qualified for alpine skiing at the 2017 World Championships, but needed some help to get there.
- Simader launched a crowdfunding campaign to cover travel, equipment, and training costs and appeared to meet her goal.
When the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang open on Thursday, Sabrina Wanjiku Simader will be the lone athlete representing Kenya.
- "EUR 2,000 - for travel expenses to Korea for my mom Sarah
- "EUR 2,400 - for excess baggage and various travel expenses to PyeongChang
- "EUR 2,200 - for food and subsistence costs of my team in Korea
- "EUR 1,400 - for hire of training equipment (radios, snow drills, etc.) during the Olympics
- "EUR 3,111 - for travel expenses to more distant races. Because despite my great sponsors and outfitters, I can only afford traveling to races that can be reached with the team bus. For air travel to distant races such as Scandinavia, USA or Japan, the money is not enough."
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- This is the full schedule for the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang
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