Matt Smith

It's been a childhood dream.

I'd always dreamt of being a springbok.

My nation is very famous for our rugby team, right?

And now today they call me the snowbok.

So I've...

It's a nice reminder that not all dreams come true in the way you expected them.

But actually, I would say that it's shaped in a more beautiful way and a more fitting way.

So I'll take the snowboard happily.

Thank you.

I think it's such a unique point in time, Cindy, because we are at an inflection point, I find, because I'm proud to say that whilst I'm referred to as a snowbox, actually, I'm part of the snowbox because South Africa is not sending me.

This is the first games in history we're sending more than two athletes.

We're actually sending five athletes.

So it's very groundbreaking what's happening right now.

And we're seeing this wave now, especially in my sport.

I don't know how it is for you, Simi, but in cross-country skiing, I'm seeing people from Tanzania in cross-country skiing, Nigeria, other African nations.

And we are now seeing that more and more of these athletes are qualifying and going to games.

So I feel like we are at a point now where continental sports,

Africa is going to be represented more so 2030, 2034 coming.

So I feel very grateful to be part of that initial ripple that will now hopefully create waves for a very large population continent as well to be medal contending in once was a formerly Northern Hemispherian Sporting Olympics.

From zero.