Pippa Middleton has signed up to compete in a gruelling ski race in Sweden.
The Duchess of Cambridge's sister is taking part in the annual Vasaloppet cross-country ski
race to raise money to fight children’s hunger.
With her
brother James, Pippa will be among nearly 16,000 competitors taking part in the
55 mile race on Sunday.
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| Pippa Middleton and his brother |
'It’s really
fantastic that such well known people will take part; it shows that our
arrangements attract not only the most renowned skiers in the world but also some
of the most famous personalities in the world as well!
'Everyone
does it because it’s a challenge and achievement to ski Vasaloppet.'
Pippa, an
avid athlete, is raising money for a child hunger charity.
She wrote on
her JustGiving.com donation website: 'My brother and I are raising money
for Magic Breakfast, a small registered charity that fights child hunger
through breakfast clubs and delivering free breakfasts (bagels, cereal, juice
and porridge) to thousands of state primary school children in the UK
particularly our inner cities.'
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| Pippa Middleton |
Vasaloppet
is an annual long-distance cross-country ski race held on the first Sunday of
March in Sweden between the village of Salen and Mora.
It is one of
the oldest, one of the longest and considered the biggest cross-country ski
race in the world.
