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Malaysia's alpine skiers set sights on Winter Olympics

Published Mon, Feb 27, 2017 · 09:50 PM

Sapporo

A FANCIFUL idea that started out as a joke among young members of one of Malaysia's most prominent families has snowballed into a full-fledged ski team and dreams of Olympic success.

Despite being a tropical, snowless country, Malaysia has created its own alpine ski team - albeit with only two members - which is currently competing at the 8th Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, Japan.

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