"The worst skier in history"

An athlete from Venezuela distinguished himself at the World Ski Championships.

During the 10-kilometer qualifying race at the World Championships in Lahti, Finland, distinguished himself Venezuelan skier Adrian Solano . He fell several times, broke his stick and demonstrated a strange technique.

Most spectators greeted what was happening to him with loud laughter, but some tried to support Solano with applause. The skier left the track at a distance of 6.1 kilometers, 38 minutes behind the leader.

He later explained that he did not have the opportunity to train on snow, and in Venezuela training takes place on special wheels. Solano also emphasized that although he fell many times, he got up every time and continued to fight.

Before the start of the competition, he was supposed to spend a month in Sweden, but was deported from France on the way to the training site. According to the athlete, border guards did not believe that he was really a skier and assumed that the young man was trying to enter Europe illegally, as his home country was suffering from a crisis. The situation was aggravated by the fact that he had only 28 euros with him.

Updated February 26 . In an interview with the R-Sport agency, the Venezuelan skier said that he had received an offer to train in Russia.

I feel happy, I feel proud. All of Russia was with me, this is unimaginable support. You can't imagine how many messages I received!

The coach of the Russian Paralympians even wrote to me: “Adrian Solano? Welcome to my home. I can train you, I don’t need any money, it’s just very interesting, you inspire me with your determination.” And there are a lot of such messages.

Adrian Solano, skier