Togolese Skier Petitjean, from Facebook to the 2014 Winter Olympics  · Global Voices
Lova Rakotomalala

Mathilde-Amivi Petitjean is a cross-country skier who competes for Togo at the 2014 Winter Olympics Game. The president of the Togolese Ski federation explained that they reached out to Togolese abroad via Facebook to recruit some athletes.After finishing her first olympian race,  Mathilde-Amivi Petitjean said[fr]:
Mathilde-Amivi Petitjean, Togolese cross-country skier via Africa Top Sports CC-BY-2.0
Merci tout le monde pour tous ces encouragements tout au long du mois qui à précédé les jeux, de la semaine et même de cette journée, ils m’ont tous vraiment touché et je pense même qu’ils m’ont permis de m’accrocher jusqu’au bout de la course.
Thanks everyone for all the encouragement throughout the months prior to the race and especially today, they all touched me and I think they even pushed me to hang on until the end of the race.