Members of the Haiti national cycling team ride along a road during a training session near Baud, Brittany, France, October 5, 2019. The team gathered in France as part of a new program created by the Union Cycliste Internationale to foster the sport in small, developing nations. Under the program, Haitian cyclists were given French coach, Yann Dejan, equipment and a month's training in Brittany, France to prepare for the Caribbean Road Cycling Championship. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Ousline Georges, 22, only started to take cycling seriously a year ago, wary of the many hurdles she faced such as the prohibitive cost of a decent bicycle and the treacherous roads in her home country of Haiti, the poorest in the Americas.
This past weekend though, she became the first Haitian ever to win a medal in the Caribbean Road Cycling Championship, thanks to a new program created by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)that fosters the sport in small, developing nations.
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