Guinea: U.S. Olympian Helps Guinean Girls Jump Ahead

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Conakry, Guinea — American Ron Freeman won gold and bronze medals in track at the 1968 Summer Games in Mexico City. But the former Olympian says his greater legacy is the youth fitness and mentoring program he and his West African wife started here.

"I'm trying to build something that lasts longer than me," said Freeman, who is 67.

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