Africa - Voice of America: South Sudanese Olympic Runner is Man Without a Country

Africa - Voice of America africa

South Sudanese Olympic Runner is Man Without a Country Aug 11th 2012, 12:29 Guor Marial, a marathon runner, is a man without a country at the 2012 Olympics.  He will compete Sunday in London as an independent athlete under the Olympic flag.   The 28-year-old athlete is from what is now South Sudan, a year-old country that has priorities other than sports. He fled war-torn Sudan in 1993 during the civil war, eventually making his way to the U.S. where he attended high school and college, and now lives in the southwestern U.S. state of Arizona.  ... Media files: 0CC5152E-D532-4EFA-836D-83624E0A64F7_cx0_cy2_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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