The IOC offers the following Video News Release to all news agencies, broadcasters and online news platforms free of charge. Abigail Vieira made history becoming the first athlete to ever represent Trinidad & Tobago’s at the Winter Youth Olympic Games when she took part in the Alpine slalom events at Lausanne 2020. The 17-year-old, who names Serena Williams as her heroine, hopes that her determination to make it in a winter sport will show the way for other youngsters from the Caribbean to believe they too belong alongside the best in the world. She said: “It means so much because I feel like I can be an advocate for other Trinidadian and Tobagonian skiers to go into a winter sport and represent their country in a winter sport. And it just means a lot to a lot of people back home too just to see their flag in a setting that hasn’t been there before. That is one of the great things about representing.” Abigail is the sole member of the Trinidad & Tobago team. Her father Richard is the Chef de Mission and her 19-year-old sister Ria is her assistant coach. She has competed in the Super-G, the Slalom and the Alpine Combined events. Her best finish was 32nd in the Alpine Combined, and her performance embodied the Olympic spirit. She said: “I’m not trying to get first, second or third, although that would be great! But I’m just really trying to push myself harder than I ever have and I think that I have been doing that. There have definitely been times on the course that I am out of my comfort zone and I think that that’s a good start for getting better.”