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11 Years Ago He Fled Sudan; Now He Is Running in the Olympics
- Anna Mae
- Aug 6, 2016
- 1 min read
''Today, 21-year-old Yiech Pur Biel is getting ready to compete in the 800m at the Rio Olympic Games 2016 as part of the first-ever team made of refugee athletes. But 11 years ago, he was forced to flee his war-torn home.
In 2005, Biel, then just 10 years old, fled from his hometown, Nasir, in Sudan, to escape the violence of civil war. All alone, he made his way to the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya...''
by Garima Bakshi
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