Run for Your Life: Kenyan Athletes


Johanna Kariankei, 17, stands (gray jacket) as his training colleagues speed past him during an early morning run close to the Kenyan town of Iten. Athletes there are being hit by the economic crisis which is robbing races and runners of crucial sponsorship. Johanna, who has never run outside Kenya, hopes the crisis will pass and he will be able to fulfil his dream of winning good money from international races.
Brendan Bannon
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