PyeongChang (CNN) At the Gangneung Olympic Park, five men are the focus of attention. Benard Azegere, Robert Ouko Opiyo, Omar Sakwa Osman, Gedion Mutua Amiani and Amos Mungai Ndnugu are members of Kenya's first amateur ice hockey team -- the Ice Lions -- and they have ambitions of representing their country at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. It comes as no surprise to find out that friends and family thought captain Azegere was "crazy" when he and his friends formed the team. I played all that, but after an ice rink came to Nairobi we decided to take on a new sport, something unique. "The first time we were outside that was seriously freezing, but when we went outside and came out that was better.

Source: CNN February 23, 2018 16:16 UTC