The Town That Breeds Olympic Runners

Name: The Town That Breeds Olympic Runners
Uploaded: 2018-09-12
Duration: 190149
Description: Bekoji, a small town in the Ethiopian highlands, has produced five Olympic champions in the past ten years. For the hundreds of children sent there to train, the unlikely chance of victory is their only way out of poverty.

Bekoji, a small town in the Ethiopian highlands, has produced five Olympic champions in the past ten years. For the hundreds of children sent there to train, the unlikely chance of victory is their only way out of poverty. (03:10)

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