Simidele Adeagbo

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Global News Podcast · More than the Score: When will Africa win its first Winter Olympic medal? · 6 Feb 2026 podcast

So that is there, and other people have contributed to that.

I'm certainly not the only one.

But I think where we're kind of still struggling is systemically, we don't have the systems in place for support.

And that happens from the global level.

So I look to the IOC and the international federations to really put some structured programs in place that will help develop this rich talent pool that Matt spoke about.

Africa is bursting with talent.

But you need structure to be able to develop that talent.

And so the National Federation struggled to do that on their own because in a lot of cases, they're new to the sport.

They're still trying to figure it out.

They're lacking training facilities.

They're lacking knowledgeable coaches.

They're lacking the expertise and know-how, but they need the partnership of those who do have it.

So that would be the international federations and also at the IOC level.

I really look to them to try to put some more formal systems in place to create a pipeline that will help groom and develop the talent.

for generations to come.

Sure, you have dedicated, committed athletes like myself and Matt who are doing what we can, but it takes a village, as we like to say in Africa, and that's true in sport.

And the other thing that I'd like to actually ask Matt a little bit about is kind of the qualifying system, because I think that that also plays a role

And from what I understand, correct me if I'm wrong, in cross-country skiing, you have some of the most universal, open kind of qualification systems within the Winter Olympic movement.

Yeah, because point blank, this is part of the Olympic value system.

If you look in the charters of the Olympic charter, you see that universality, which is what you have described, which is representation for all of the continents, you know, that make the Olympic movement.

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