Winter Olympics: US Bode Miller wins Bronze Medal in Men's Downhill

Didier Defago of Switzerland won the Gold.
Askel Lund Svindal of Norway won the Silver.

Update: On Feb. 21, 2010 Bode Miller won the men’s super-combined ski event at the Vancouver Winter Games, picking up his first Olympic gold medal.

"Snow Leopard" Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong is Ghana's first Winter Olympics Competitor

Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong "Snow Leopard"

Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, who moved to the United Kingdom in 2000, only took up the sport two years ago when he got a job as a receptionist at a skiing centre in Milton Keynes.

"When I started, people poked fun at me and never took me seriously"
"I think Africans have a good chance of making it in skiing because of our physical structure. The only thing we have to overcome is the cold." Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong