He competed in the men's classical 10 km race in cross-country skiing,[2] finishing 80th and last with a time of 45:40.3.
[3] He also took part in the 1.5 km sprint, where he finished 67th out of 71,[4] with a time of 4:10.07, just behind Philip Boit of Kenya.
[5] The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported that he had been "voted the day's best Olympian overnight", and described him as a Winter Olympics' version of Eric the Eel.
[6] Menyoli's stated aim as a competitor was not to win a medal, but to attract media attention (as a Cameroonian skier) so as to speak up, in front of a global audience, about the prevalence of AIDS in his country, and specifically in his home town of Buea.
[7][8] Menyoli explained that many people in Buea were not convinced of the threat posed by AIDS and that he hoped to persuade them by being interviewed during an international event.