Morocco at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Morocco at the 2010 Winter Olympics | ||
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Flag bearer Samir Azzimani | | |
Medals |
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Winter Olympics appearances ( overview) | ||
Background
Morocco participated in five
Alpine skiing
Accompanying Azzimani to the Olympics, was a group of eight schoolchildren from Woippy, a suburb of the French city Metz. Azzimani had organised the trip for the children, who were from an area which saw rioting following the death of a man fleeing police in January 2010. He said in an interview prior to the games that the trip for the children was more important than his own, and related it to being introduced to being introduced to skiing on a school trip of his own at the age of six years old.[2]
Alpine skiing
The sole Moroccan athlete at the Games, Samir Azzimani, competed in both the men's giant slalom and men's slalom.[4] He was one of three skiers representing African nations, with others hailing from Ghana and Senegal. He said in reference to the other African skiers, "If I beat them, I'll be the champion of Africa."[2]
In the giant slalom, he registered times of 1:32.02 and 1:34.61 in his two runs, placing overall in 74th place, while in the slalom his runs were of 1:00.43 and 1:02.00 in length, with Azzimani coming in 44th place.[4] This placed him ahead of Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong of Ghana, who finished in 47th place in the slalom,[5] but one place behind Leyti Seck of Senegal in the giant slalom.[6]
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Rank |
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Samir Azzimani | Men's giant slalom | 1:32.02 | 1:34.61 | 3:06.63 | 74 |
Men's slalom | 1:00.43 | 1:02.00 | 2:02.43 | 44 |
References
- ^ "Morocco Winter Sports". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ "Complete list of 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic flag-bearers". Vancouver Sun. 12 February 2010. Archived from the original on 16 February 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ a b "Samir Azzimani". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ "Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ "Leyti Seck". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2016.