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Ashley Tshanda Ongong'a
Ashley Tshanda Ongong'a (born 2007) is a Kenyan-Italian Cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier. In 2023, she made history after becoming the first African woman to compete in cross-country skiing at the Winter Youth Olympics. Biography Ongong'a was born in 2007 in Subiaco, Lazio, Subiaco, Italy. Her father is Kenyan and her mother is Congolese. Ongong'a began skiing when she was 4 years old, skiing with a local ski group in Monte Livata. At age 6, she began to dream about representing Kenya in the Olympics. Her father, who moved from Kenya to Italy at age 21, encouraged her passion in the sport. At age 14, Ongong'a moved to Tarvisio from her home near Rome to train at Bachmann Sport College, to continue her training. At age 16 in 2023, she made history as the first Kenyan cross-country skiier to qualify for the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics. It was her first year accumulating FIS points. Ongong'a holds both Kenyan and Italian citizenship, and chose to ski for Kenya in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross-country Skiing (sport)
Competitive cross-country skiing encompasses a variety of race formats and course lengths. Rules of cross-country skiing are sanctioned by the International Ski Federation and by various national organizations. International competitions include the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, the FIS Cross-Country World Cup, and at the Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics, Winter Olympic Games. Such races occur over homologated, groomed courses designed to support Cross-country skiing#Classic, classic (in-track) and freestyle events, where the skiers may employ Cross-country skiing#Skate skiing, skate skiing. It also encompasses cross-country ski marathon events, sanctioned by the Worldloppet Ski Federation, and cross-country ski orienteering events, sanctioned by the International Orienteering Federation. Related forms of competition are biathlon, where competitors race on cross-country skis and stop to shoot at targets with rifles, and paralympic cross-country skiing that allo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
