A former DJ hopes to become the first Jamaican to compete in Alpine skiing at the Olympics.
Benjamin Alexander, a 37-year-old with a British mom and a Jamaican dad, spent the last two winters racing on the lower-level International Ski Federation (FIS) circuit in a bid to qualify for the 2022 Beijing Winter Games.
“There are a lot of jokes about Jamaican on ice, ‘Cool Runnings’ and all of that fun stuff,” Alexander, who was born and raised an hour north of London, told NBC Sports. “That’s part of how this whole story started, just as a joke.