Rwanda Pursuing First Ever Winter Olympics at Pyeongchang 2018

A delegation from Rwanda has visited the Alpensia resort in Pyeongchang with the aim of competing in their first ever Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2018.

The event will be hosted in the South Korean country in four years’ time and the Rwanda National Olympic and Sport Committee (RNOSC) sent a team of six representatives to the region to push for inclusion.

Martin Koonce, ambulance executive director of RNOSC, story led the committee with two taekwondo athletes and three Paralympic hopefuls.

Koonce said: “It is a real possibility that Rwandans can participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics and be competitive if we begin preparing now and if we believe.”

Rwanda hopes to compete in downhill skiing, short track speed skating, cross country skiing and biathlon.