Sabrina Wanjiku to represent Kenya at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships

Kenya’s first female and alpine skier at the winter Olympic games Sabrina Wanjiku Simader is expected to take part in the 2023 FIS Alpine world ski championships in Courchevel Tourisme , Meribel.

After missing out on the 2022 Winter Olympics, the 24 year old will participate in her third ski championships after turning up in the previous 2017 and 2021 editions.

In 2017, Sabrina competed in the Slalom, Giant Slalom and Super G events but then got disqualified in 2021 after a no-show in 2019.

The 2023 World championships are expected to take place from February 6 to February 19, where the world’s best alpine skiers will participate in a total of 13 events spread across six disciplines including: Giant Slalom, Super G, Slalom, Parallel Slalom, Combined and Downhill.

It is the fourth time the event is being held in the two French Alps of Meribel and Courchevel and will involve Olympic champions Mikaela Shiffrin and Marco Odermatt.

Sabrina’s breakout into the scene took place in the 2018 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway before making a historic debut in the 2018 Winter Olympic games.

Her best performance came in the Super G event where she finished 38th. She aims to rank among the top 20 in future Olympic Games, with Gangwon Province, South Korea hosting the 2024 games in January.

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The two-week championships will see women participants take part in the Super G event on Wednesday 8 February, where Sabrina is expected to make her first appearance this year.

On Monday, Italy’s Federica Brignone became the first Italian woman to win a combined World Championships gold medal, running a clean nose in the combined Super G event in 1:57.27.