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Haitian skier Jean-Pierre Roy smiles as he poses during a training session at the World Alpine skiing Championships in Garmisch Partenkirchen February 11, 2011. Roy, 47, will become his country's first representative
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Jean-Pierre Vidal of France skis the first run of the men's slalom at the Salt Lake 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Deer Valley February 23, 2002. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay KM/CRB Stock Photo -
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