{"id":10811,"date":"2021-03-18T14:06:18","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T18:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/v2.mappyhour.org\/blog\/?p=10811"},"modified":"2021-03-23T10:26:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T14:26:57","slug":"benji-alexander-the-first-jamaican-olympic-alpine-skier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/2021\/03\/benji-alexander-the-first-jamaican-olympic-alpine-skier\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Benji Alexander: The First Jamaican Olympic Alpine Skier?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image eplus-KxKfDN\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"77\" src=\"https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Mappy-Hour_SNBC-Logo-2-300x77.png\" alt=\"Mappy Hour_SNBC Logo 2\" class=\"wp-image-9176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Mappy-Hour_SNBC-Logo-2-300x77.png 300w, https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Mappy-Hour_SNBC-Logo-2-400x102.png 400w, https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Mappy-Hour_SNBC-Logo-2-1024x262.png 1024w, https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Mappy-Hour_SNBC-Logo-2-768x197.png 768w, https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Mappy-Hour_SNBC-Logo-2-1536x393.png 1536w, https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Mappy-Hour_SNBC-Logo-2-2048x524.png 2048w, https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Mappy-Hour_SNBC-Logo-2-696x178.png 696w, https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Mappy-Hour_SNBC-Logo-2-1068x273.png 1068w, https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Mappy-Hour_SNBC-Logo-2-1920x492.png 1920w, https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Mappy-Hour_SNBC-Logo-2-1641x420.png 1641w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-F0Hozf wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Most Olympic hopefuls haven\u2019t already had a successful career as an international DJ before they compete for a medal and even fewer winter Olympians hail from Caribbean heritage (with some notable exceptions).&#8221; &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.powder.com\/stories\/benjamin-alexander-hopes-to-be-jamaicas-first-olympic-alpine-skier\/?fbclid=IwAR36eoWo96u-jCkYCzunRTPW-U9BzoQV0zix9MiNou9y7rFSLSaPf2_Tj5U\">Powder Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-9nJYfu wp-block-paragraph\">Meet Benji Alexander, Jamaica&#8217;s first Olympic alpine skier &#8230;. in the making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-e8gaES wp-block-paragraph\">While he only learned to ski five years ago, his singular focus on making it to the Olympics has driven Benji to uproot his life and fully commit to the endeavor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-SL1EPG wp-block-paragraph\">Last year, when COVID caused the ski resorts to close and seemingly cut the ski season short, Benji didn&#8217;t miss a beat. 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