Word: bentoumi
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...chance to penetrate his country's talent-deep ski team. So Strobl, who had a Slovenian great-grandfather, tried for a spot on Slovenia's team - but didn't make that, either. The Olympic dream fuels the nation-hopping. Alpine skier Christelle Douibi and cross-country skier Noureddine Bentoumi both grew up in the Grenoble area as children of Algerian fathers. At Torino, they are the whole team competing for Algeria. "To be honest, I knew I would have the opportunity to be in the Games, whereas with the kind of competition that exists in France, I wouldn't," says...
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