For some of his countrymen, Venezuelan
cross-country skier Adrián Solano’s performance in Finland last week was
uplifting – even though it involved a lot of falling down. To others it was
mucha pena. Really embarrassing. Video, which has since gone viral, shows
Solano tripping and tumbling throughout the race course – leading social media
to dub him The Worst Skier Alive. Not surprisingly, Solano had never even
trained on actual snow before. (He had only practiced with wheeled skis back in
Venezuela.) But he eventually made it across the finish line. So whether his
countrymen cheer him or jeer him, the man called the world’s worst skier at
least gave them a brief distraction – from the fact that Venezuela is the
world’s worst economic disaster. More…
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