Phillip Boit: I would sell my cows again to take part in Winter Olympics

Philip Boit is still the first and only black African to register the fastest time in the Winter Olympics’ 10km skiing race, almost 10 years since he had hanged his skis.

 He achieved the rare feat in his second Olympic appearance in 2002 at the Salt Lake Games in Utah, US. To date, no other black African has managed to lower his time of 28 minutes in the distance.  Boit’s journey started in the early 90s after he showed signs of switching from track and field. But he had to wait until 1995 for an opportunity to come knocking.