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Part-time Madisonian represents Ethiopia as its first Winter Olympian

Robel Teklemariam is self-admittedly crazy.

At the age of 12ââ?¬â??when he first skiedââ?¬â?he flew off 8-to-10 foot high peaks in the majestic New York mountains while gliding on cross country skis, a daring and unheard of thought among his peers at North County School in Lake Placid, N.Y. For Teklemariam, however, leaping through the air was what he loved to do, even if it was unconventional.