The Rivers triplets remember moments growing up in the U.S. where they and their family were the only Black people skiing on the mountain in upstate New York.
Now 18, Henniyah and Helaina are featuring at international competitions and Henri IV has qualified for the slalom at next month’s Milano Cortina Olympics representing Jamaica.
But still, the American Jamaican triplets are reminded that they do not look like the majority of athletes in the sport as they routinely face racism on the slopes — a key reason why they are fighting for more inclusion.
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