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Kenya's Paralympic Record-Breaker

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In 1995, promising Kenyan runner Henry Wanyoike suffered a stroke and lost his sight. After initially feeling depressed, Henry learnt how to run tethered to a guide and went on to a set a series of long-distance running records for the blind. Henry Wanyoike talks to Alex Last.

(Photo: Henry Wanyoike, right, with his guide on a run in 2013. Credit: Getty Images)


Published on Thursday, 12th August 2021.

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